I abandoned home brew talk for a bit. We all go thru a home brew hiatus. Just brewed last week. I just ordered the stainless head from anvil and a brew bag. I did use the anvil pump and was very impressed with how silent is was. For some reason my chugger pump wasn’t operating normal. Glad I...
Hello fellow brewers,
I just purchased an anvil foundry 10.5 w/ pump kit. I haven’t brewed on the system yet. I’ve been a fan of the foundry for a while and been surfing the web to see if there is a stainless steel thread head attachment for the anvil pump. I know it’s a Smaller pump and I’m...
Invest in a mill if you stock bulk grain at home. You’ll notice an efficiency difference being able to set your mill gap to a finer crush. What I like about having a mill is prepping for brew days in advance. Whether it’s the day of, night before, or days to weeks to your brew date. I’ve never...
Just read that commercial breweries will continue 20+ and even beyond that. Im sure a yeast starter will help but for as thick as it looks I’m pitching it and giving it a whirl. Fresh oxygenated clean wort will make any yeast happy.
The brewery said it would be darker due to it being in a stout beer. Very active yeast. There’s no trub. I’m going to go for it and I’ll have feedback hopefully soon.
I did do a second wash on the yeast.
These are the only size jars I have. I don’t want a huge air gap between the lid and yeast. When I do plan on using this yeast I will decant most of the liquid.