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    Reusing yeast confidence

    I have been homebrewing for awhile and recently starting reusing yeasts. It has gone well and I like saving the $$, but with each reuse I become more and more paranoid. The idea of losing a batch of beer.... I'm thinking about abandoning my yeast reuse, looking for things I could check to...
  2. K

    Chest freezer fermenter smell

    So I have always used basement or closest to ferment in and fermentation smelled great! I recently converted a chest freezer into a fermentation chamber and now it smells great for the first 3-5 days, but around the time I pull it out it is not so good. Maybe the concentration of CO2 is too...
  3. K

    Mash in: Grain First - Clearer wort?

    I just switched over to all grain from extract and on my first batch I added the grain first, then the water. When I set the grain bed it only took about a quart and the runnings were very clear, I was impressed. It seemed like a pain though, so for my next several batches I did the water...
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    Crush

    I just switched to all grain from extract and I'm looking at improving my efficiency. I'm getting about 79% from my mash, after reading a lot on here I think it is my grain crush. Othing things I have considered is my copper manifold and sparging techniques, but my manifold is similar to...
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