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Trying to figure out what happened, brewed my first step mash German wiess beer. Used yeast Bavarian, bottled after primary 3 weeks, with no secondary. I didn't use irish moss or any clarifying agents. I cracked the first bottle open last night, the taste and aroma were spectacular, but it...

I posted this on another thread, but was curious and decided to make a new one. I have some unmated emmer and was wondering if anyone had any advice on using it. I was planning on using a cereal mash but was wondering if I could use it without that. Any ideas or suggestions? Anyone used it before?

In the middle of sanitizing bottles last week, and I got called away. I have 48 bottles that have been soaking in stars an for 1week. They have been left uncovered. I pored them out before I took a ph measurement. So I guess the question is 1) should I rinse and resanitize 2) if they are still...

I searched through the board and didn't find much information on this yeast. I have an IPA brewing, it has been in the primary for 12 days and still has a good Krausen. Fermentation temperature is around 64 degrees. I was just wondering if anybody had any experience with this yeast, is it...

I need someone with a little more expertise than me. I found this in the local classifieds for $100, seems like a good deal, but something seems a little off. Any thoughts?

Essentially my neighbor inherited these corona mills when he bought his house. He just gave them to me and I noticed quite a difference in the grinding stones. Before I send anything through these, any ideas what the one with the small teeth might do?

I decided to try making a starter from a growler of mac and jacks, got my stirplate set up, and wow I never knew how much difference a stur plae could make. In less than 16 hours real sustained activity.

I am hoping to harvest some yeast from a growler of Mac &Jack's African Amber I purchased this afternoon. Theoretically it is unfiltered, so beeing a complete noob to the process of yeast harvesting, is it possible to harvest from here, or am I wasting my time?

SO I ran out of propane around the 50th minute of my boil. Besides missing my target SG, what other effects could that have?

SO I am fairly new to all grain, and have up until now buying water to brew with. Does using home tap water work well? I live in seattle so I guess the water here would obviously affect the taste, but how much? Thanks to anyone who can help.

As we all know, specific yeasts provide different charachteristics to our beer, but has anyone tried using multiple yeasts or different strains to achieve charachteristics of these yeasts combined or is that simple idiocy and overthinking because of the the variety of yeasts on the market that...