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I started my first brew a couple days ago with a Mr Beer kit. The thread is right under this one currently lol

I got everything done and slapped on the lid. When should the bubbler start bubbling?

That's why I wanted to swish it around. To distribute the yeast around more

I took a small sample from the built in tap and it smells amazing and it tastes good with no off flavors

It has holes under the lid for it to escape. I found that out when I was cleaning it and turned it upside down and got hot !@# water all over myself lol

Yeah it's Mr Beer lol

Can I shake it or move it at all?

I need advice guys! My foam is getting pretty tall here and there isn't much room left


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lol that's what I hear It went well. Everything was cleaned very well(hopefully lol) One thing I didn't know that it will almost always boil over at the start though. That kinda scared the !@#$ out of me. It's chilling in my basement right now and it's about 67 degrees down there Oh and it smelled l...

OK here goes nothing! Sanitation time!

Holy hell this might be the greatest site ever created!

Cool! Thanks for the help

Where's something I can look at so I can learn how to find estimated alcohol content

Oh I didn't even see that. It's Bavarian Wheat

Maybe I should leave out the honey then. My kit is only a 2 gallon kit

It's called Wyeast

That is pretty high for a wheat. Should I tone down the honey or will it be noticeable at 6.3%?

Will that make it taste too hoppy? I want it to be like an American wheat or hefeweisen type style

I'm going to do something like this recipe, 0.4lbs. I haven't measured it out yet so I don't know how many cups yet
http://www.beertools.com/ht

And I'm adding honey at the end

This is for 2 gallons

2.5lbs dried muntons wheat extract
1oz mt hood hop pellets
2oz of this activator
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Hey guys! Cool place you've got here

I'm starting my first brew tonight. A honey wheat The guy at the brew shop told me to put half the hop pellets in 30 minutes in and then the rest at the final 60 min mark

Why is this?