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[Yaargh!]

A few weeks ago a buddy and I decided to make a brew.  It's not done just yet, about another week for the bottles to ready.

We decided to make a Hefeweizen but altered it a bit adding Amber plus it's a bit filtered, so I guess it can't be called a true Hefe.  However, it's certainly has that cloudy characteristic.  I wonder how it will look come tasting.


We did not buy a recipe kit, but it was an extraxt.  We're considering a mash for our next recipe.



Second fermentation



All Bottled up.



It's pretty cloudy, wonder how it'll look in a glass in 7-10 days?

Edited by Yaargh!, 01 February 2012 - 12:58 PM.

[Avon Barksdale]

Looks good, I recently started making wine, going to try my hand at beer here soon.

[frenzix]

holy jumbungas thats an interesting colour .. lettuce know the result (if you survive)

[Novacastrian]

I want to know the ingrediants! I would smash that, or visa versa!

What kind of yeast did you use?

[Yaargh!]

Can't recall the yeast, my friend has the recipe recorded. Off the top of my head we used 1oz of Hallertauer at the start of the boil and then 1/4 of 1oz of Citra every 15 mins.

[wheebz]

its like a dunkelweizen

thats what i hated about doing extract brewing

you can never get the intended color of a beer

sucks

[sicman]

im not a fan of ay hefes but it looks like you did a good job!  hope it tastes great for ya.

[LanMan]

Just a FYI  Those 1/2 gallon growlers are not meant to hold preasure.  I would put them in something that will contain the blast.  The clear one looks like a regular 1/2 gallon jug.  If it is I would be x-tra wary of it.  The brown one looks like an actual growler and may or may not survive carbonation pressures as it is intended to transport already carbonated beer.
I am not trying to scare you but I would never bottle in either of them.  Check out Homebrewtalk .com .  Friendly people and a wealth of information.

KEEP BREWING! You will love it!

-Chris

Oh yeah, Clear bottles + Sunlight = skunked beer

Edited by LanMan, 02 February 2012 - 02:01 PM.

[wheebz]

yea the growler full is already shot

its going to taste like a heineken

and they CAN hold pressure, as long as they are sealed properly at the top and no C02 is leaking out, but like he said i would still be careful

i know a couple of people that carbonate in them, but i know people that have had them explode on them as well

[Yaargh!]

Thanks for the advice.  All the beer at the moment is in a dark closet, so we'll see.  We used a mini-wort to carbonate.  My buddy hasn't had issues with the growlers, can't say how it will taste but I'll be curious in comparing taste between the clear 1/2gal jug and the normal growler/bottles.

This is my first brew so I am expecting a few hiccups.

Edited by Yaargh!, 03 February 2012 - 11:48 AM.

[wheebz]

im sure your buddy HASNT had problems, but he also probably hasnt held a transparent growler up in direct sunlight right after bottling either

[Yaargh!]

wheebz, on 03 February 2012 - 09:54 AM, said:

im sure your buddy HASNT had problems, but he also probably hasnt held a transparent growler up in direct sunlight right after bottling either

It was his arm.  But yeah, hiccups.

[Yaargh!]

Turned out to be full bodied, pretty good

[LanMan]

Welcome to the obsession

[wheebz]

nice dude congrats

[redbuddha]

Nicely done...and brewed on the stove top as well...bold move.  My shoes would stick to the linoleum till the end of time if I brewed wort in my kitchen.

[richphitzwell]

Feel free to send a sample to everyone!