Recent content by Shema2000

Hi, stumbled on this thread while planning a SMASH (German Pils/Saaz) lager. How'd your beers make out?

Thanks again! So, I want to be clear when I try to reuse this yeast. I have a mason jar of yeast, and will try to make a starter. But how do I start? I'm thinking I should not boil this trub, since it would kill the yeast. How do I get things going? As you can tell, this is my first time...

Awesome. Thanks all for the info.

A couple of questions, While brewing a chocolate stout, using Safale 04 dry yeast, I stored 1 mason jar (about 12 oz) of the trub to use in a later batch of beer, in the refrig. I didn't clean the yeast but just pour the trub from the bucket to the mason jar (sanitized of course) and stuck it...

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Thanks for the reply. I've got the wort in the garage, and yesterday was pretty damp (in CT), so it was a little above the requested temp - was about 57 degrees.

I used White Labs WLP940 Mexican Lager yeast in my 5gal lager recipe. Unfortunately, I was not able to create a yeast starter, but I did read a post somewhere about splitting the 5gal in half, with one with yeast, and one without for 1 day. The idea is that the 2.5 gal would get the yeast...

I'm using this recipe with White Labs WLP940 Mexican Lager yeast, to make a nice cerveza. Thanks for the recipe! Cheers!:mug:

Hi all, I've been viewing this site for a few years now, but finally got myself a profile to start contributing! Thanks to all so far for all the great words of wisdom here. Here's why I'm posting: I'm brewing a chocolate stout (NB's Irish Dry Stout AG kit - and added about 1/2 cup of...