Recent content by rbenn

Hi, I just wanted to share my recent results with using washed yeast. Back in February of this year I washed some Wyeast American Ale yeast and stored it in a few small mason jars using the method found on this forum. Fast forward to last week I used the same yeast slurry and pitched it...

Plus 5 ipa 5 sa noble pils clone 5 Pliny the elder 5 caramel amber ale 10272.7

Yay +1 for Michigan!

Low carb is the way to go.

Its possible that you under pitched. 1.098 is a pretty high gravity and usually you need a couple liters of starter or multiple yeast packs. Check www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html and see how much yeast you need. Temperature could also affect the yeast if allowed to drop low enough but I doubt...

I also used bleach due to the cheap price. I never rinsed it, I just made sure there was no liquid left and I haven't noticed any off flavors yet. However I just upgraded to star san and it seems to work very well. Star san does not cost very much if you use a spray bottle.

There's nothing wrong with trading beer for other goods. Right? As long as your not trading it for money.

I've just recently went with a reverse osmosis unit. They are a bit expensive, but they work really well and pays for itself in the long run.

Sometimes you can hit a "hotspot" that will go away with mixing, but that seems pretty high.

Here's a fairly simple one I'm going to make soon. www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/caramel-amber-ale-167880/ Trickiest part will be making the caramel.

I use my MM2 at the default 45 setting and double mill. I'm not sure how much the double milling affects the efficiency but I get around 80%. Seems like many people have their mill gap set much lower. May need to try 40 and see if I can get around 85% efficiency.

I agree with you guys. It doesn't hurt anything to leave it sit for a while longer.

Checkout Mr Malty's yeast pitching calculator. It is really helpful! http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html

Here is a method that uses no beer gun to fill bottles out of a keg. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/we-no-need-no-stinking-beer-gun-24678/

I got the deluxe model which comes with a dual inline TDS meter and a pressure gauge. It seems to work great! It gets the TDS down to around 1-2 out of the RO membrane and then down to 0 after the DI resin bed. I bought some bulk Calcium Chloride from BRS. It says its pharmaceutical grade but...