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Yes you can, done it lots. No worries.

Looks normal, lots of my washed yeast looks the same. Just made a starter other day with jar that was identical to yours, worked great and smells like fresh healthy yeast.

Keither, if your interested in getting together for a beer to talk beer drop me a line. I just moved to Yellowknife and have my garage brewery set up. I've been brewing all grain since 97 so I may be able to help you out if need be.

Yep......

According to your water profile, your mash ph will be a little high using typical grains used in light beers. Your darker beers will bring the ph closer to its optimal point not to mention that darker beers can easily hide minor flaws and still taste great, light beers not so much. Try and lower...

just pre-heat your tun and set the values to 0 (no thermal loss).....good to go and very accurate this way.

Yes, the keg will equalize to what the pressure is set to. Best to serve at proper carb levels.

This is one of my house ale yeast.....awesome stuff. Ferments very well at 66, nice and clean. I'd look at 66 for bout 10 days then raise to 70 fo 2 then cold crash. When I use this ale I leave in primary at 66 for bout 20 or so days then raise temp to 70 for a couple and comes out very nice.

get a hold of some Canadian beer bottles.....thicker glass, never break one again.

This one has been on tap in my house for a few years. It's simple and all my beer drinking buddies love it, even the ones that won't accept anything stiffer than a bud lite. I can't get them to drink the pale ale I keg anymore. Thought I'd share with everyone.....hope you enjoy. SCUD...

Christpuncher, thanks for the insight.....much appreciated. Ive since hired some ex-walmat security guards to watch over the mash for obvious safety reasons. Not sure how to "make safe" the rest of my shop but I gotta do something! There's some scary dangerous stuff in there like powertools and...

Lots of options but I use a cooler for sparge. Pre-heat it as you would the MLT, drain and fill with your sparge water to the temp you want.....pretty simple and works great. For me, I prefer to fly sparge.