Recent content by merkaba

thanks for the replies, I'm just wondering how I should store my leftovers

How do you store your Hops and Grains ? freezer or fridge or room temp ?

looks good ian, hard to beat fresh homegrown hops I'm planning on growing some hops next year. If you guys have any links/definitive resources for growing hops please post them. I've found a few via google.

no, I have a 3.5 gallon stock pot that works fine.

I'm also not sure what the benefits of liquid yeast are. http://realbeer.com/jjpalmer/Howtobrew.html says, "Liquid yeast is often favored over dry yeast because of the greater number and variety of yeast strains available. Liquid yeast allows for greater tailoring of the beer to a...

After 48 hours it still looked completely dead. I bought some dry yeast from a local shop and 5 hours later its fermenting good. It sounds rare to get a bad batch of white labs liquid yeast, but I have no idea what else it could have been. temps were OK when I pitched, etc. It just never took...

I'm using a carboy and the wort was about 78* when I pitched.

I has been at least 36 hours since I pitched yeast and there is no fermentation going on. I just used White Labs liquid yeast and did not make a starter. I had the yeast shipped from CA to CO. took 3 days. The yeast bottle felt slightly cool when it arrived but was not really that cold. So I'm...

so you don't want to aerate 12 hours after pitching even though fermentation is not visible ? I initially shook the carboy a few times for a total of a few minutes. Is that enough ?

I pitched White Labs liquid yeast when the wort was below 80*. Yeast bottle says 70-75 degrees. I pitched a few degrees above the recommended because I had a "too cold" problem on my last batch. I'll cool it a little and leave it alone. Thanks for the help.

OK It has been about 14 hours since I pitched the yeast and I have no visible activity yet. I'm wondering if I should shake the carboy. I've read it can take anywhere from 5 to 15 hours before fermentation starts. I'm getting suspicious something has gone wrong. The temp has been about 78*.

I'm wondering if it is OK to aerate, shake the carboy, after the yeast has been pitched. The instructions I read said to aerate the wort before adding yeast but nothing about aerating after. thanks