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I found this on BYO: http://byo.com/recipe/714.html Has anyone tried this or something similar like Papazian's Weizenbock? In terms of extract ingredients they both look similar except that this one recommends 45 to 50 F fermentation temps. Isn't that way too low for hefe yeast? I thought...

So I originally got this fridge for free thinking I could try some lagering but it's just too small for my fermenter. Then I realized it wasn't effective for bottle storage either because its set to about 2 deg. C at the lowest setting. Now its just collecting mold in my garage. I was thinking...

Has anyone ever tried this? I know the standard is 5 gal but that just doesn't seem very condusive to frequent experimentation.

As the title suggests I've always used a plastic bucket to ferment but recently had to go to glass since the bucket got badly contaminated. I love watching the beer ferment:p Anyway just two questions: 1. The blow off tube is going into a jar that had star-stan solution in it from the...

:( I've been storing my latest batch in a secondary since christmas. It was looking really good and cleared up within a week so I decided to ignore it for a few days. Today was supposed to be bottling day but as I peeled off the blankets I witnessed a horror show going on in my beer. There are...

I know this is a total newbie question but here goes: I brewed up my dubbel recipe last night, took a gravity reading (it was about 1.069), vigorously shook up the wort and then pitched the white labs yeast (WLP500) right in. That was at 7 pm and now it's almost 2 and still no bubbles. Did I...

Hi everyone, just found this amazing forum - what a great resource! Anyway, I've always wondered what happens during bottle conditioning once the yeast has already created an adequate amount of CO2. I've heard that too much bottle conditioning makes bottles explode unless you refrigitate them...