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How much did you carbonate the beer?

Hmmm. I'm no expert and fermenting beer is an extremely complex subject however for what you are brewing 4 days of noticeable activity sounds right. And even though it looks like nothing is happening the yeast are still doing their thing. The basic check that you can do is to take a gravity...

I started home brewing up again last year. I did do kit beers in the early 1990's and the quality of the kit beers and brewing products have increased substantially since then. I am also assuming you are using the Coopers home brew kit which came with the Coopers fermenter. I don't have one but...

I have a Guten 40l as well and do the same 4 steps above. I had lots of trouble brewing a Hefeweizen until the guys in the forum helped me (Mark, Legless ect). These mash times have helped the brewing considerably (but do not get me to explain what each of the steps do) Mash in 45c 10 mins...

I would be interested to know what got you into homebrewing. The OG of 1052 sounds ok......if it comes down to final gravity (FG) of 1012 then you are looking at alcohol of 5-5.2%.

As you all know I have been trying to brew a traditional Hefeweizen and after 5 attempts I have had no success. Last week I tried again using the recipe above from Mark as a starting point. I also reduced the heating element to use 1500 watts instead of 2500. Plus the weather here has been so...

Thanks Elmar.....I have a bit of time due to the current situation everyone is in so this could be the perfect opportunity to brew your recipe.

Oh yes yes please

What about this

I did a four step mash... Mash in at 43 c..... Then 45 c for 10 mins Then 50 c for 30 min Then 60 c for 30 min Mash out at 70 for 10 min

Thanks Mark and Legless. It looks likely that I will seek out a slightly bigger and better system than what I have now. Good idea about lowering the element for the mashing. I'll have another crack in a couple of weeks I reckon.

Also just checked the gravity again and it is really low....1.03. I'm turfing it.

Brewing a Hefeweizen today. My fourth attempt. Number one had the bottom of the Guten burnt. Number two was average and number three was down with an open fermentation experiment. None was overly successful. So today I brew number 4 and do all the step mashes on a 60% wheat and 40% Pilsner...

Ok......I want to start a new post about infections and the hottest temperature a keg can hold....but i forgot how to create a new post....can someone help me find how to create a new post ?

Hey it worked. I accidently did 2 of them tho.....hehe

Hmmm.....I would really love to know how you posted this you tube clip here so i could as well.

I have a very standard immersion chiller....a Guten 40 litre one......apart from using about 30 litres of water to cool the wort I can only get the temp of a 20 litre batch down to 40 degs.....which means I have to wait overnight for the temp to go down anyway. Is there any better immersion...

As you know I have been trying to brew a Schofferhofer Hefeweizen for the last 3 months and I always have been missing the mark. I am going to try again....a no nonsense Hefe with the above mix of wheat and pilsner, plus all i need to do is get a proper Hefe yeast. Thanks Mark. Maybe one day I...