Recent content by benzski

Is it possible to have a recipe that I found online built or do I need to buy all the grains to the closest pound?

I meant 13 lbs sorry

I if I have 3 lbs of grain is use something like 16.25 quarts for the mash?

Yep that's what I'm thinking too. Is there an easy dumbed down brewing calculator anywhere

100 billion in a vial. And the calculator had 10% already plugged in and a gravity of 10.50

Am I doing this right?

For a two liter starter it says I need 175 billion. Not sure how much it says I have

So do I need like a huge starter? Says six vials

Cali ale yeast

I was gonna make an IPA a while back but never got to it so I stashed the yeast away I made a few batches but forgot the yeast was in there. Is it still able to be used?

Great thanks everyone!

What's the best way to keep all the hop residue from being bottled when you transfer to bottling bucket. Hop bags. Can u filter it with a screen or should it be cold crashed. If it bits of hops go into the beer will it settle once in the fridge for a few days?

I'm using beersmith for the first time. I bought the app but also have the disc just my comp is down right now. What do I need to do to get started? What can you do with beersmith? Is there a tutorial or site that explains it or a video

So I have to say I never checked my gravitates before until tonight and I hit the final gravitates that the recipe called for. Does this mean the other gravitates would be right as well. When do I measure the other gravitates and how do you find your efficiency?