Recent content by dankbru

Sent my order for 3 lbs of citra about a week and a half ago ....still waiting .

Just want to give an update ,brew day has finally ended whew ! My Og on my pale ale came out at 1.062 and wort has chilled to 75 degrees I'm pitching my starter of yeast white labs San diego super strain .....going into 68 degree fermentation lets see how it does ....

Well I've got it cold crashing now, but I added the gelatin at room temp then cold crashed you think the gelatin will still clear it up ? I added a teaspoon of gelatin to a half pint of hot water and put into carboy then put carboy in my fridge ....

I have a pumpkin ale that has been in the primary for 4 weeks and still is murky I want to try using gelatin to clear it up some ....problem is all of my carboys are in use, my question is ,has anyone added gelatin solution to primary and cold crashed with good results ?

After a day and a half looks like most of the yeast has settled to the bottom of my starter this yeast is fast ! I'm thinking about pouring off the wort and pouring in some fresh , cooled off wort . I want to grow these yeast so I can save some before I pitch .

Should I be stirring /shaking after 24 hrs or just let be ?

Replaced airlock with foil ...

It's been going for about 24 hours you think I should replace airlock with foil ? I just don't want any contamination ... One of my first starters and I wanna keep it pure ... Is foil the norm ? What benefits will I get from using foil instead of airlock?

Well my starter is bubbling away pretty good by now it's been 16 or so hours and its doing great . Can't wait to see how it does with my Stone ipa clone recipe.

I just picked up some wlp090 today and started a 1500 ml starter. I pitched it at 69 degrees . I'm going to use this for my latest IPA ... I will post results .