So I made a yeast starter last night using Wyeast 1968 London ESB liquid yeast packet, and when I poured it into the flask I noticed there was a lot of solids at the bottom. The smack pack was pretty much fully inflated so I would assume it is good yeast.
It has been in a flask stirring all...
Hello all,
I bottled some Oktoberfest last Thursday, and unfortunately have used some wrong bottles with them (11 total). I want to re-bottle them using normal, blank bottles from a local homebrew store.
My question: Any problems with carbonation? I was hoping that it was early on in...
When you say crash the starter, does that mean to put it in the fridge overnight or a few days, or like a freezer? Because I put mine in a fridge overnight, and when I tried to decant by pouring the yeast was still in suspension pretty well. I ended up pitching the whole thing (although it was...
Hello all, I have a couple questions regarding doing an Oktoberfest.
Allright, so I already did a pretty simple batch of Oktoberfest. This was the first yeast starter I made, so I hope I did it right. I didn't have a stir plate or flask, so I just did it in a growler and shook it whenever I...
I got the sight glass from brewhardware.com, but just got the plain 90 degree elbow version since I already bought the brewmometer from Blichmann previously.
Hello all,
Here is my brewpot:
It's a 10 gal stainless steel one, and it's dimensions are 12" tall and about 15.75" in diameter. I am about to install three things:
Drain Valve
Brewmometer
Sight Glass
I am wondering what the general heights of these should be. I feel like...
Hey, I got a two part question for you guys.
I just got some drill bits to drill a hole in my stainless steel brewpot so I could put a valve on it. I was wondering what kind of drill lubricant I could use for this. A quick google search came up with something like this:
Amazon.com: LC...