first brew

[grubac]

Hey Guys

Ok, my first brew was a success. I bought a Mr. Malt kit and made the brew with my girlfriend's Dad. Here are the details:

Recipe Volume: 23L
Yeast: safbrew WB-06
Malts: Pils 2kg Weizen 3kg
OG 1.043
Hops: Hersbrucker 60g
FG: not calculated (like the loser I am, I forgot the hydrometer at home on bottling day)

The beer has a nice taste. It did, however, turn out quite bubbly. When I flip the cap of it makes a loud popping noise (like sparkling wine). I think we added too much sugar on bottling day. The beer is a little cloudy as well. I think this might be partly due to the fact that cooling was not done quickly (cold water- bathtub).

Overall though, i must say I'm quite pleased. Thanks for all the help with my beginner questions. I can guarantee there's more to come.

Cheers

Grubac (Slovenia)

here it is....

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[KevP]

That is a bit cloudy, how long was it left to condition?

Well done though, a good job keeping the outlaws onside too, beer'll do that

[grubac]

We left it to condition for 2 weeks.

too long? too short? I was under the impression that you can never leave it in the bottle too long

Grubac

[fivetide]

Good job!

Leave the rest of it out in the cold until April and try again to see if it improves even more.

[adm]

Wouldn't the Weizen (i presume this is wheat) malt and the WB-06 yeast make it cloudy anyway????

i.e. - it's a Weiss beer and it's meant to be cloudy!

[fivetide]

Even so, might be worth letting it condition a little longer than two weeks to get the best reward for the hard work.

I like the head and the pils glass - I actually fancy one of those now...

Wouldn't the Weizen (i presume this is wheat) malt and the WB-06 yeast make it cloudy anyway????

i.e. - it's a Weiss beer and it's meant to be cloudy!

[arturobandini]

I'm also thinking it's supposed to look like that too. Nice and cloudy wheat beer given the amounts of wheat and yeast used it looks good as is.