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So I just brewed a batch of Russian Imperial Stout this weekend using my first yeast starter. Today I realized that I made the starter about half the size called for in the recipe (recipe calls for 3 pint starter, I made a 1.5 pint starter: 3/4 cup of DME). I only saw "yeast starter" and didn't...

I am brewing a Brewer's Best IPA kit (my second one), and was supposed to bottle last week. I hit my target OG (1.055) with no problem. I oxygenated by shaking the top off water in the jug, and then I shook the bucket once I added my rehydrated Nottingham. Primary fermentation seemed to go well...

My first batch ever, it's a Brewer's Best IPA kit. I thought I'd play off the whole kit thing.

Last night I transferred my first batch (an IPA) from my primary to my secondary (on day 7), and didn't really see anything resembling krausen on top of the batch. I used an ounce of whole hops which I failed to filter out when dumping the wort into my primary, so those were all floating on the...

I've been looking at all sorts of chillers, specifically counterflow, and I had an idea. Instead of using one 3/8 tube for the wort, use two, and twist the length of them together. The idea is that it would cause the desired turbulence around the copper tubes, and allow you to move more wort...