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So back in November I made a starter from WLP013 and when I was adding the starter to my wort, I poured some back into the original WL vial and stuck it back in the fridge. This left me with only a teaspoon of yeast slurry once it settled. Three months later I added that vial to 500ml of 1.04...

I have been thinking about brewing a really big 1.1+ barleywine, using all-grain of course. I have a few different ideas and would like to bounce them off everyone. I have a 70 quart coleman extreme that can hold a lot of grain, but I only have a 8 gallon kettle for boiling. I also have an...

I am an AG brewer that has always used the shop's mill a couple days before I brew. This has been working well, but I recently had an idea... I make all my own bread at home (bread machine) and I was thinking of milling my own flour to make whole-grain bread cheaper. I was wondering if I...

Ever have a batch where you break everything? Last night wasn't very fun but I did end up with 5 gallons of fermentable beer...so that is nice. I broke the rigged up bulk head out of my cooler. The mini-keg bung warped the plastic on the cooler and now won't snap into place. My siphon...

I did a 5 gallon batch on Saturday and only got 48% efficiency! My pre-boil SG was only 1.038 (expecting 1.05) with the following grain bill: 6lbs Pale Ale Malt (2-row) 2lbs Lager Malt (6-row) 2lbs Wheat Malt 1.3lbs CaraPils 4lbs Pumpkin .75lbs rice hulls I mashed in with 170&deg...

First post for me here... working on my 7th batch, 5th all-grain. I made a starter last night using this technique: 1. 2oz (by weight) of DME in 500ml of water ~1.046 OG. 2. Boiled for 30 minutes in a 1L erlenmeyer flask. 3. As soon as I turned off the flame, covered with a piece of...