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yeah and my hefe is fermenting well at around 6 to 8C, but the beer that comes out is not a Weizen then. What I wanna say is: your goal is not only to get the wort fermented, you also want to give your beer a certain profile. In case youd like to produce a nice Hefeweizen, youd need a certain...

there is no rule for all yeast strains. Each yeast strain has its own behavior. There are yeast strains, especially for Weizen, they stop activity immediately at temps below 19C. So you could forget about pitching at low temp. If youre going to buy a yeast strain, you should follow the...

Sorry Rob, Paulaner cannot be used. :icon_cheers:

apologies for my pityful english, Ill try to describe as good as I can. our target is, to multiply the number of yest cells as fast as possilble, thatfor we need oxygen and food. Normally our wort is highly concentrated with sugar, too much sugar for an optimal yeast growth. That means we have...

Reculturing Schneider and Maisels yeast from bottles is very popular over here. There are not so many brands that sells the original yeast in theire bottles, but Schneider and Maisels do so. Of course, the quality of the yeast depends very much on some conditions like age, how the bottles get...

could be, I dunno as I said, the temp will rise during fermentation, how much is depending on the amount of yeast that is used. Basically I would pitch at around 20C. The problem is, the higher the fermentation temp is, the more ester and other arome components youll get in your beer. Some...

yes, that is true, the power consumption is more toward 10 to 20 watts, the 230v-valve I have, consumes 12.5 Watts and the 24V-valve I have, draws 800mA equal to almost 20 Watts. Beernut, could it be, that the coil of your valve is designed for AC and you have connected it to DC? The coils of...

sorry, I had forgotten I dunno anything about the 3068, sorry. Since Ive got some yeast directly from a brewery nearby many years ago, I built up my own yeast bank. Since around 5 years Im treasuring and renewing every year some yeast strains, maybe for the rest of my life. The only...

soon....mate soon...Ill be there again, cant wait for it..... .....but the Australian Government doesnt like me to stay for good, so I have to feed the airlines with my money, buing tickets every year. okay, back to Hefeweizen: I think, the mash schedule is not as important with Hefeweizens...

Nick, Im sitting on work atm, will come back to you tonight when Im at home, will show you some pics. see ya later mate :icon_cheers:

I feel sorry for you, guess your issues are lying in the yeast management, not in the time you leave the wort in the fermenter. Im racking into kegs. Depending on the temp it was fermenting, its just natural carbonating or sometimes I have to add a little bit CO2. My schedule: 3 days fermenting...

Im racking the Weizen after the third day in fermenter, keep it no longer there. Drinkable after one week only. Weizenbier should be drunk fresh! :icon_chickcheers: from grain to brain one week

puffer, your plan certainly will work. As long as you can guarantee that the pilot flame keeps burning, that will be a reliable system. I have made many experiments with pilot flames and I came to the conclusion, that pilot flames are very unreliable (in my own system), blown out by wind and...

okay, I dont want to hijack puffers thread, but it may be, hes also interested in to see how Ive solved some problems. Ive posted my story a while ago in the Homebrew Forum in UK: http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/viewtopi...430&start=0 If someone has further questions, feel fre to ask more...

are you talking to puffer555 or would you like to see mine?

you may get that valve with different coils, just ask the seller. I bought a similar valve with an 240V coil. these valves are used for central heatings over here and for MIG/MAG welding as well. what is good enough in our central heating in the cellar of our house, should be good enough for...

Im using a gas solenoid for my automated gas burner like this: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/3-8-Electric-Soleno...=item2ea987c68a

Nev, it seems to me that the steps you do are more intended to build up your brewery :P :icon_chickcheers: Hope you have your brewery running when we arrive, could be possibly March next year. Couldnt imagine anything better than to do a brew together..... ahem...and drink two or five...

I do stepped mash every time I brew. Because this topic has been discussed many times, I did a comparison stepped/single infusion mash once and wrote down the result in a blog here on AHB: http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/blog...hp?showentry=15 :beer:

I was long time experimenting and searching for an appropriate filter. Fortunately Ive access to filters with different pore sizes, so I could try it out. To get the best result, the clearest beer, one should use a pore size smalle than <0.5 Of course the capacity to hold back unwanted stuff...