Recent content by megatrom

Holy krausen batman, I pitched a 2l starter of wyeast Denny's favorite into 5 gal of this rye and I am scared of this fermentation. It's barely been 24 hrs and I have had to dump the jug my blow off tube ends in twice (1/2 gallon growler with about 1" of clean water to begin with) this last one...

I am sorta crash coursing myself on yeast pitching calculators, I have gotten a few recommendations for yeastcalc.com. That being said, my home desktop has died, and I am currently an iPhone/iPad only household. Also known as 'no flash' which yeastcalc requires. So I bought the mrmalty app, i...

5 gallon batches included? Being your recipe kinda makes you the authority.

I understand because every question regarding problems with different brew sessions I have ever asked other homebrewers has always been immediately responded with 'did you make a starter?' or 'how big of a starter did you make?' as far as research goes I just went back through my homebrew...

So I can harvest just a small amount of yeast from my primary and freeze it until I'm ready for a new starter?

I guess I skipped some specifics. It's a 5 gal ale. Denny conns' wry smile rye ipa to be exact. Using wyeast 1450 (Denny's favorite) which my LHBS Doesnt carry. I had to order it, so I want to get it right the first time. I was using brewbot (an app on my iPhone) its obviously not very accurate...

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I'd like to consider myself an experienced extract/partial mash brewer. I have a few all grain batches under my belt, until now I have ignored the notion of starters, really don't know why. I always assumed a smack pack should cover it. That being said, I now understand the importance. I made a...

Weather is changing later this week, but has been steady since fermentation. I do all fermenting in an a/c controlled room in my basement and secondary is in exact same spot primary was. I'm hoping this just caused by expansion/wort being soaked up by the large amount of vacuum sealed leaf hops...

1.060 when yeast was pitched. Was in primary 6 days. Didn't get a gravity reading when racked (hydrometer on loan will have back tomorrow, terrible timing I know) that's my next step. Even with a stuck fermentation I've never had negative pressure before.

First time dealing with whole leaf hops. I racked into a secondary with 2oz of cascade yesterday. Fermentation was slow but active beforehand. After closing it up. Fermentation seemed to stop. I still have a blow down tube on it. Normally I switch to airlock after racking, but I was in a hurry...

Brewing a partial mash from odds and ends. 3lbs light DME 2lbs 2-row 2.5lbs marris otter .5 lbs light pilsner .75 lbs carahells Hops 1oz centennial 1oz amarillo 3oz cascade All all whole leaf hops Basically im looking for suggestions on hop schedule. Im considering 1oz centennial @60 .5oz...