Ding Dong the Bad Batch is Gone

There is nothing like having good friends - especially when you have 5 gallons of less-than-perfect brew to get rid of. Batch #3 fought us the whole way, but we persevered and won the day. Our spirits high, we celebrated with a pitcher (or was it two?) of the Weizen - ah so good! Maybe too good as I discovered the next day that, yes, we had all but killed what was left of that keg as well. I squeezed half a beer out of it before it gave up the ghost. Chalk it up as collateral damage.

Batch #4 - Weizenbier

Brew Date: 6/13/08
Recipe:
6.6 lbs Muntons Plain Wheat LME
1oz. Mt. Hood Hops @ 5.2% (Bittering)
.5oz. Mt. Hood Hops @ 5.2% (Finishing)
Wyeast 1056 Yeast

OG: 1.050
6/20: 1.014
FG: 1.014
ABV: 4.7%

We're trying a Wheat beer, since Jess seems to really like them. I used Tyler's OJ starter and it worked like a charm. 4:1 water to OJ and then added the washed 1056 yeast. Within a couple of hours it was inflating the (sanitized) balloon I stuck on the bottle. 60 minute boil, 10 minutes in the ice bath, pitched the starter and 12 hours later it is bubbling happily in the basement, no problems at all.