brewing confession

Aha it was.I don't understand.In Canada this is not such a terrible word.At least now I know how to spell it to get it out there.Sorry OP for getting off topic.I'm heading back to edit may baby name thread!

trigger said:

Oh yea, one other thing. I'm pretty sure that Mr. Malty is actually a conspiracy founded by Breis and White labs to upsell malt extract and pitchable tubes. The owner of my LHBS uses exactly 1 expired smack pack of yeast per 5 gallon batch and wins lots of awards. I myself wash yeast, which means I underpitch the first batch with a new smackpack and grossly overpitch subsequent batches. The beer tastes identical. Pitching rates are overrated.

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Well put. I began making starters mostly because I often use well-expired smack packs. I looked up the Mr. Malty calculator and it said something like 2 gallons of starter with "intermittent shaking". Get real Admiral Malty... 2 gallons? 2 GALLONS!? I really wanna punch this Mr. Malty in the tooth... I've grossly underpitched according to this ass-clown and made damn fine beer. I've also made starters and made worse beer than that which was underpitched. There are so many variables in 95% of homebrewers methods that noobs really shouldn't be stressing over not being able to make a starter and veterans shouldn't be making them think that their beer will suck for pitching an old smack pack. If I read "One of the most important factors in making great beer is pitching an appropriate amount of healthy/viable yeast" one more time I'm gonna absolutely lose it...

What was this thread about???

I guess that sometimes I dont make starters... although I've been guilted into it recently by HBT
I just use tap water as well. Water chem is something I hope to get to someday, but I'm very happy with my beer regardless. :rockin:
I pitch dry yeast dry
I fear the foam
I have used bleach to sanitize
I have used soap to clean
I have siphoned with my mouth out of frustration when my auto siphon clogs and I just want to get the damn beer in the carboy and add yeast!
I forget irish moss on 3/4 of my beers
I forget to boil my immersion chiller to sanitize it during 3/4 of my beers
I mash in my boil kettle, even though I bought a cooler 6months ago just to convert to an mlt
I have dipped my hand into cooled wort on multiple occasions due to dropping something
I like this thread... :rockin:

I don't boil at all. I just take all the ingredients, dunk them in sanitizer, then throw them in the fermenter with some yeast.

The beer is amazing. Trust me.