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Not exactly a home brew question but I figured someone on here could help. I am wondering if it is possible to order beer from a brewery online or in some other fashion. I really like a lot of the Terrapin beers but the grocery stores in my area don't carry a great variety of their beer. Is it...

Just an update. I brewed Saturday and added the bananas and wort to my carboy. After two days the yeast has gone crazy. I expected this would be the case and I knew that with just a 5 gallon carboy I was in for a mess. I added a blowoff tube once the fermenting got too out of hand so I will...

Terrapin Wake n Bake Founders Breakfast Stout Lonerider Shotgun Betty Terrapin Moo Hoo Wells Banana Bread

It's sort of a mash up of multiple recipes. 3 lbs wheat LME 3 lbs wheat DME 4 oz crystal 20 1 oz hallertau @60 min White Labs WLP300 5 oz brown sugar for priming Planning on a minimum of 2 weeks in primary. I don't have another fermenter at this point so secondary is out of the question...

Thanks for all of the help. I'm going to my local homebrew store Friday to get ingredients for a hefe recipe I found on another thread. The plan is to add 3-4 pounds of grilled banana to the primary in a grain bag and then add the artificial flavoring to taste on bottling day.

Artificial flavoring was another thought I had. Any idea how much? Would you just add it during the boil?

Is it the higher fermentation temp that causes this? Do you have a recommendation for how to increase fermentation temp without actually raising the room temp?

Thanks for that link. I'm a pretty big banana fan so I'm not worried about "too much banana" but does the higher temp yeast yield the same flavor that any banana addition will? I might just try both and hope for the best.

Thanks for the help. I'm pretty sure my carboy is 5 gallons, so what if I used the bottling bucket for primary and the carboy for secondary? I am planning on doing a hefeweizen with the addition of fresh banana in the secondary. I just wanted to see if the bottling bucket was an option before...

I have a perfectly functional 6+ gallon plastic bottling bucket with an accompanying lid and a standard glass carboy. Is it necessary for me to purchase another carboy/fermenter for successful secondary fermentation or can secondary be achieved in the bottling bucket?

I am getting ready to start my third ever batch and I have decided that I want to use a simple hefeweizen extract recipe. On top of the recipe I use, however, I want to add fresh bananas to give it a nice banana flavor. My question is how should I go about adding the bananas (when, how much...