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I'm brewing a Belgian Wit this weekend for the first time. Should I use wheat DME for my starter, or is it ok to use light DME?

Do you just steep the tea bags in the water/lime juice mixture and throw them away, or do the tea bags themselves go into the pirmary?

Just an update -- we took a gravity reading last night and, low and behold, the yeasties did what they were supposed to do . . . clocked in at 1.013 :mug:

That makes sense. We are in Florida and are definitely fermenting at around 70 degrees.

Thanks for the input. I'll be sure to pass along the words of advice to my friend.

So, a buddy of mine and I are learning to homebrew together. But, he is one impatient *&%@!. The situation is that we have had a few stuck/incomplete fermentations in a row. I think we have made the necessary adjustments -- proper mash temps, yeast starters, oxygenating the wort, etc. -- to...

I have been calibrating my thermometer by essentially adjusting to 32 degrees in a glass of crushed ice/water. I ran across an column in Brew Your Own magazine that said to basically allow crushed ice to slightly melt in a styofoam cup in the refridgerator. Then, calibrate to 32 deg in the...

Thanks for the replies. Between the Oxygenator, the yeast starter and a lower mash temp, I *should* be able to hit my FG this time. :o

This is my first post after a lot of lurking over the past few months. After a few misfires with my fermentation I am going to make my first yeast starter this week. I am using a wyeast propogator pack. My questions are: 1. If I make the starter tonight (and I am brewing on...