Recent content by JonT

You guys, are great. Many, many thanks.

Hello All! First off, thanks for taking the time to read this thread. I have a few home brews under my belt now and feel very confident in extract brewing as well as partial mash brewing. However, I am not ready to tackle a full blown pro project like most of you guys do on a regular basis...

Hey bottle bomber, this raises another question. Will it be a battle of yeasts and one will reign supreme kinda thing or will I have a crazy hybrid yeast?

Thanks Helibrewer I will do just that.

yeah bro, I smacked it real good and it swol up real real nice. However my 18 yo threw it in ultra hot water after it was activated. Ive worked with that yeast before and it never smelled like that!

Thanks ChaosStout. Can I harvest the yeast from the cake in order to make a starter?

Thanks Frazer, another quick question. Can I pour my next batch of Wort directly over the yeast cake and expect it to ferment?

Hello All, I am a kit brewer and made a mistake last night and need some input. So I had a helper and between the two of us we managed to mess up a Dry Irish Stout Kit from Northern Brewer. My helper, meaning well, fully understanding the importance of sanitization, droped our Wyeast Irish...