Recent content by Lyghtnin

cold pitching works just fine. I try not to pitch it directly out of the fridge, but i have pitched several times with pretty cold yeast. You dont want to pitch yeast into cooler wort, because they can get temp shocked and go dormant, but i have never heard of anyone having cold yeast into...

Meh, yeast is good for you. I am just fine with a bit of yeast in my beer. In fact, some of the settled yeast makes many beers taste better. If you must have crystal clear beer, yes, use more flocculent yeast, use fining agents, and wait for the yeast to compact itself in the bottom of the...

I absolutely love this beer. Have only had it on draft from Cicero's in St. Louis. Both the normal and the dry hopped versions are great! I also love Perennial's Hommel, which is a bit more agressive, more americanized version. I am planning to make a hommel as soon as i can find or craft a...

Yes, you are right that the likelihood of the small amount of alcohol hoovered back through an airlock due to pressure/temperature differential would outright kill someone is small. Just because 15mL is the estimate for poisonous levels doesnt mean that less wont hurt you. However, anyone with...

Just wanting to clarify what you know about using Isopropyl Alcohol. This is not the same alcohol that we want to drink. That is ethyl alcohol. Isopropyl is POISON!!!! It takes just 15mL of isopropyl alcohol to be at poisonous levels. Luckily, this beer got ruined, as even if you dont ingest...