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I thought the dark stuff was suppose to be on the bottom when harvesting yeast. Not sure if that's true or older yeast. It was taken from a SS conical fermenter. Can anyone tell me what's going on. I'm new to harvesting and washing yeast.

Awesome! That'll be useful. Thanks Carboy Cleaner

Oh yeah. My starting gravity was a little higher than what was posted here. 1.072. Which left me around 6% alcohol or so. But like i said. It still tastes awesome

Well I tested the gavity last nite. 1.026 Im pretty happy with that. I accidently added an extra 1/4 of lb of lactose. I only added .5oz of hops so it would stay around the correct IBUs. I tasted a sample and it great. Lookin forward to bottling on sunday. Thanks to everyone that helped me out...

Thanks cravej. I was leaning towards .5oz of hops. Thatll be the route i go.

So im brewing thos 2moro. And i decided just for the heck of it to punch the recipe into promash. Looks like .75oz of hops @ 13.4% for 60 min comes to an ibu of around 41 or 42. But if i drop it to .5oz its almost dead on with the ibu. So im wondering if the poster of this recipe used the .75oz...

Thanks CA-LT1 and BigB. I appreciate the help

Allright, Im a noobie. But can someone tell me how long and what temp to steep the specialty grains at? And does that go the same for all extracts? Thanks

It shouldnt hurt. But I'd resanitize just before you decide to put your wort in it. I assume your using it as a primary fermenter.

When does the pound of lactose get used?

Thanks for the info. I dont have the equipment yet. Plan on waiting closer to spring. When its a little warmer than close to 0 degree weather haha. I'll probably start out with the two coolers and a boil pot. Im thinking 10 gal coolers and a 20 gal boilpot. Just thought I'd throw the recipe...

Another thing. Maybe I should take the oatmeal out and replace it with something else. I guess maybe it cant be an imperial stout with oatmeal in. Anyways. just give me some feedback. Thanks

OK, I've only done 3 extract kits, but im planning on going AG. I've been tryingto think up my own IS recipe for my first brew. Probably not a good choice for a first AG im guessing. But hey what will it hurt. Ive been reading quite a bit now for the last few weeks. Just trying to get an...

Can someone let me know where to find a pump. It sounds like a magnetic drive type pump is recommended. Just looking for an affordable one. Some links or stats on what I should need would be good. It would be used for maybe circulating ice water through a chiller and for moving wort. So im...