Thread Jacking

[JoKing]

Sorry for jacking everyones threads and going off topic.

Feel free to jack this thread - or use this thread if there is someone pissing you off because they just jacked your thread.

[MrC]

I agree, a couple of beers and I won't be able to use it at all. It's actually putting me off using it.

Is anyone else having frequent browser crashes or is it just me?

[James P]

I would have to agree on occasion when accessing the RB forum FireFox throws a Microsoft size fit.

[JoKing]

All right! Right on! - I'm with you on that one bro!

Experiwheat could be looked at as an American wheat!!

All you craft brewers out there...?

Imagine being a trend setter!

[denimglen]

I'm thinking American Wheat grain bill and maybe a little less than an IPA hop bill. Might work, might not.

Fuck, I just choked on my bitter and spat a mouthful all over myself. Laaaaaaaaaaaaaame.

[Ally Mcg]

I'm going to second the wheat, assuming an experiwheat is the same as a hefe or a wheat with fruit. Does that count as two choices? In that case, wheat with fruit.

Speaking of wheat, my boss, who is German and keeps telling me i should be brewing lagers, said that a wheat beer would be the ultimate test of my brewing skill. The gauntlet has been thrown down. Anyone got any wheat recommendations? Sorry for the slight topic digression

[James P]

I can't see there being any regard for digression in this thread!! :)

I second that request, except I don't want to make a hefe as the bananas drive me ape.

[JoKing]

..."ape"

...excuse the pun!

[denimglen]

To buy or brew Ally?

If brewing:

50 - 50 wheat malt - barley malt to about 1.045

Single infusion mash @ 67

Noble hop, 60 min addition only, to about 11 IBU

The most important part - WLP300/WY3068 @ constant 17C. Don't under or over pitch either.

May not be the best wheat but should be a good place to start, managed to get me, and pretty amateur brewer at that, to get a bronze and best in class in the last NHC.

[Ally Mcg]

To brew. I was thinking half and half, but cheers for the recipe. I'm a bit stuck on the yeast S04/S05 and some nottingham is all I've got, so my wheat might need to wait a bit.
Plus I'm strictly a partial mash man until i get my mashing sorted. But i'll use yr suggestion as a starter once i do go AG,

[JoKing]

Emersons use some good weizen yeast - I dont know if you have a starter kit, but you can easily culture enough good yeast from one of their bottles. Last time I heard of a friend doing this, the beer was so fresh that the yest started within hours of pitching it into their starter

Good old Emersons.

[Reviled]

ive used the emersons dunkelweiss yeast before and got a pretty nice drop out of it (not that im a big fan of wheat beers)

[Ally Mcg]

That'll be my next again brew lined up. Might need to use some liquid extract instead of AG but I'll grab a bottle of Emersons at the supermarket and cultivate some yeast from it.

Thanks for the tip - appreciate it