Sorry all if this question has been asked in a different thread... BUT this is my first attempt at brewing my own beer.
I started with a Bavarian Hefeweizen kit. It had 5 lbs of DME for a 5 gal batch, a yeast packet, and a small packet of hop pellets. I followed all of the instructions to the letter. After the boil I cooled it down to about 68F in about 40 min, "violently" transferred the mash to my ferment barrel... added the re-hydrated yeast, closed it up and waited.
It started bubbling though my air lock in about 18 hours, the temp reading on the side of my barrel said it was about 62F at this time. The instructions said the fermentation process should be held around 65 - 70F. I turn on a space heater in the room to bring the mash to 66F. The mash continued to bubble for another 30 or so hours. During that time and still now my mash is being held around 65 -67F.
It has been now almost 48 hours since I saw bubble come through my airlock. What did I do wrong? What should I do next? Is my beer still going to turn out ok?
Thanks all for your help in advance!!
KaGeBrew
I started with a Bavarian Hefeweizen kit. It had 5 lbs of DME for a 5 gal batch, a yeast packet, and a small packet of hop pellets. I followed all of the instructions to the letter. After the boil I cooled it down to about 68F in about 40 min, "violently" transferred the mash to my ferment barrel... added the re-hydrated yeast, closed it up and waited.
It started bubbling though my air lock in about 18 hours, the temp reading on the side of my barrel said it was about 62F at this time. The instructions said the fermentation process should be held around 65 - 70F. I turn on a space heater in the room to bring the mash to 66F. The mash continued to bubble for another 30 or so hours. During that time and still now my mash is being held around 65 -67F.
It has been now almost 48 hours since I saw bubble come through my airlock. What did I do wrong? What should I do next? Is my beer still going to turn out ok?
Thanks all for your help in advance!!
KaGeBrew