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Looking to add cherry purée to a wheat extract kit. Which would work better for this... American wheat or Hefeweizen?

When is the best time to add PB powder to a stout? End of boil or seconadary or both? Getting ready to brew a choc pb stout and based on some reviews I read about The PB flavor not really coming through when added to secondary I was thinking about adding some at the end of the boil and to the...

I have a MW kit that calls for 2 6.5 oz jars of pb2 for the secondary, but have seen a lot of reviews that the pb flavor is too mild. I was think about doubling this and adding 2 to the end of the boil and then 2 to the secondary, thoughts?

Called my LHBS they suggested adding US-05, luckily had another kit in house with that yeast. Just pitched, fingers crossed. Thanks for all your help.

I Never made a starter before, not really sure how. Is 7 months old? What is the normal shelf life?

OG 1.051, date was November 2017 Should I do anything or just give it time?

Pic of trub?

WY 1335

I brewed a hoppy wheat beer last night. smacked the yeast pack early as I always do noticed the package wasn't swelling, smacked again but it still didn't really swell. When I opened it to pitch I saw that the nutrition pack never broke, I cut it open, swirled it around and pitched the yeast. I...

It's a Hoppy wheat beer. Thanks I'll give it a shot.

If I use a plastic BMB with spigot for primary can I leave it in the same vessel for "secondary" fermentation? How long can the beer stay in stay in the same vessel? Recipe I am about to brew recommends 7-14 days in primary then up to 3 weeks for secondary then dry hop for 7 days. Can I leave...

Went with safale, thanks

Purchasing a pumpkin ale kit from Midwest. Which yeast should i choose? Safale US-05 Omega West Coast Ale 1 Wyeast 1056

Thanks for the responses Follow up: 1010 seems awfully aggressive and my blowoff bucket has turned brown. Should I replace with clean sanitizer or just let it go?

I am brewing up a raspberry wheat from extract. I have made this recipe several times using 3056 but this year my home brew store gave me 1010. Can anyone explain the difference between these? Better or worse for this kind of beer?

No. I removed and cleaned the dip tube and still nothing. This beer was dry hopped, so I think the hop flakes may have clogged the inner tube. Thanks for all the suggestions.

Wy1332. Might be the first time, I don't see it in any of my logs.

Thanks for the response. I was just worried because I don't see too many bubbles in my blowoff.

Tested my beer after 8 days in the primary. When I opened the fermenter there was a thick layer of trub ( krausen?) laying on top. I have been brewing for a few years and I don't recall ever seeing the trub on top. Does this mean the yeast is still in active fermentation? The test was about...

Thanks for the help... have the nibs soaking in vodka now. I am looking for a stronger chocolate flavor and this recipe only called for 4oz of nibs. It was recommended to add some cocoa powder to the secondary with the nibs, but after reading some posts I probably should have done that at...