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When I decanted it the smell improved. It seems good. I am calling this beer "Lesson Red". New equipment, not a perfect mash.:smh:

Update: getting ready to pitch and my yeast smells like a combo of yeast/bread and rotten eggs? what do you think? Not enough Co2 escaped? Always to freaked out by the bug/ace bac.

ok, thank you.

I was thinking of sticking 1/2 of a toe warmer on the flask.;)

It smells good. It has been 20 hours. I bought a bunch of really nice used brewing equipment and this is my first foray into a stir plate. I am excited to use it all today for the first time, a little apprehensive because it is a 15 gallon conical for a 6 gallon batch.

I used 1/2 cup DME 1300ml water. boiled about 15-20 minutes (boiled down to 1000ml). I have it on an unheated stir plate. Not much is going on with the starter, no krausen. This is my first starter with a stir plate. My house is about 65 degrees.

Hi everyone. Been gone a while, year or so. I think I forgot everything I learned. Please pardon any daft questions. How do I search a topic or forum?

In my opinion it is "harder" to try and produce a clone. When tasting your own recipie there is nothing to compare it with. If there is not a lot of info on the beer you are cloning, you better have a sense of what you are tasting. It is challenging to duplicate a beer by just tasting it. I...

Sorry for your beer troubles. You could have 2 things going on. 1. You mentioned over-carbonation. It would take way to much priming sugar or way under-fermented beer. Doesn't seem that is the story. 2. Infection. It seems more likely if you are fermenting until completion and weighing...

If i can't move the carboy I use a heating pad on LOW. 60 is coolish. You will benefit from a warm up even if the FG remains the same. If you do not have carboy straps hold the neck and bottom at same time.

Left Hand, Milk Stout

I prefer the taste of bottle conditioned beer. I like to avoid artifical carbonation, but I am lazy, so I keg. It takes me less time to put my beer in a keg than to bottle.

Maybe Sunday:cross: A Black IPA

Exactly, what has your fermentation temp been? My personal opinion is not to secondary. If your ferm temp has been sub 67 degrees i would warm to high 60's for about 3 days then re-take hydrometer reading. The yeast will have a chance to "clean-up". Patience young Grasshopper