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[Hi John B, What temp did you ferment at with the safwheat k97? My understanding is that it's an ale yeast so best at 18-20. Or are wheat beers brewed at lager temps? Still haven't put this down actually, have been distracted by fresh wort kits :D Might try my first boil with it, using...

:P Try tipping a kettle full of boiling water over the posts about 2 minutes before you try to loosen them. Any syrup or sticky malt will become runny and they should undo easily I do it all the time Cheers B)

:( I tried making this a few months ago. 1 tin Spicy Ghost 500g Dried Wheat malt 500g Light liquid Malt extract 300g Dextrose 300g Corn Syrup 10gm Cascade hops boiled for 30minutes 10gm Sazz hops put in last 5 minutes of boil Safwheat K97 Yeast Made up to 20ltrs. Its the first time I ever...

Yes Mika. Add the kit, dextrose and malt at flame out. :chug: John B

My standard brew is a K&K Pilsner. I use "Coopers Brewmaster Pilsner 500G Light Malt Extract 500G Dextrose 20G Sazz boiled for 30 minutes 10G Sazz in boil last 2 minutes before flame out Strain into fermenter and top up to 18 ltr mark Ferment...

[Thanks for all the replies guys. My brew has a heat belt around it and is a pretty constant 21C. I just did a gravity and its 1010 so I guess its getting there. I am prepared to wait as I plan to bottle this one instead of kegging. I notice its still very cloudy but from what I read that is...

I am currently brewing my first wheat beer using safwheat k97 yeast. After 16 days the gravity has only dropped a fraction from the OG which was 1052. Its still bubbling away like a frog in a sock and has lots of foam on top. The sample tastes ok. Has anyone else experienced such slow progress...