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In, I feel good about this one!

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Style: Imperial Ale OG: 1.091 Type: All Grain FG: 1.023 Rating: 0.0 ABV: 8.91 % Calories: 297 IBU's: 101.64 Efficiency: 70 % Boil Size: 6.88 Gal Color: 16.1 SRM Batch Size: 5.00 Gal Preboil OG: 1.073 Boil Time: 60 minutes Grains & Adjuncts Amount Percentage Name Time Gravity...

There is no need to make any sort of starter for dry yeast. In fact, sugars absorbed into the cell while reconstituting is what hurts vitality. I'm sure there are enough cells to get fermentation started but they are probably highly stressed. You could warm your vessel up to 65 to arouse some...

Mr Malty says that a 1.053 SG lager needs 370 billion cells. That would be about 19grams of dry yeast. 60 hours is a little long but it could be for various reasons. Did you direct pitch your first pack? Direct pitching dry yeast has been known to lose up to 50% viability because the yeast...

I'm in, fingers crossed.

He told the newb not to buy an aluminum pot because he only sells stainless. For some reason the myths of aluminum have persisted. Remember aluminum wasn't produced commercially until the 1890's. Stainless showed up commercially around 1917. Competing metals? People have been preparing foods...

A lot I people put there starter in the fridge to force the yeast to fall out of suspension and then decant. I don't typically cold crash mine because I don't like the idea of constantly changing temps on the yeast. If you do, do it slowly and raise it back up slowly. I've left starters at...

It would, you might want to consider the 50' coil as opposed to the typical 25'. It's pretty easy to fabricate one... You already have kegs so just wrap some 3/8 copper coil around your cornies. I would price check the coils online before buying copper at the hardware store. Sometimes they flip...

First off wow, what an awesome gift. Iyou definitely can put the pot on multiple burners. My only thought is that you should definitely have a hood over the stove (probably already have) 5 or more gallons boiling away in the house will give off a lot of moisture which could lead to mold...

I just installed this one on my 10 gallon igloo and I am not super impressed with it. Heres why: Fisrt impression... it was quite a bit smaller than I liked First the calibration was kind of a hassle. I purchased a glass thermometer to assist with the calibration (as recommended by the...

65 to 58 is a significant drop in one day. Could have slowed the yeast down. Don't always assume that airlock activity is a sign of fermentation. But that swing in temperature could have made the yeast turn a little sluggish. Muntons ale yeast is good between 57-70 degrees but that doesn't mean...

Today In southern Maine, it's a balmy 25degrees might as well brew a brown

It wasn't my greatest batch, but I was saving just the one so the guys at the club could tell me if I jacked the Kashmir whatever... Just so happened to be my first multi rest mash in a cooler. Which was probably whys numbers were off