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Prior to last evening I had taken the yeast cake (WPL060) from a previous batch of beer and stored it in the fridge for about 2 weeks. Last night I whipped up a starter using DME and retrieved the yeast cake from the fridge. Using a sterilized turkey baster I siphoned off the top layer and a...

I have a simple Brown Ale extract from Austin Homebrew supply that came with Windsor dry yeast. I decided it would be a great chance to create a yeast starter but I didn't get to brew within 24 or 48 hours. So I was thinking about washing and propagating the White Labs WPL060 that I have in...

I am in Nashville, TN heading home (to Birmingham, AL) tomorrow and I want to locate a good store to stop and stock up on quality brews that our Alabama governmet deem illegal. Yes, I am a naughty bootlegger! :mug: Do you guys have a few suggestions? I am staying downtown and headed south...

I am starting to acquire equipment for my all grain setup. I wanted to appeal to those that have experience for suggestions/advice in acquiring this equipment. My intention was to buy two igloo or rubbermaid 5 gallon coolers from craiglist or locals and convert them into the mash/lauter...

I'm looking for a few recommendations of beer stores that ship their wares. I live in Alabama and our backwards state laws prohibit ABV greater than 6%. I am quite tired of missing out on the opportunity to purchase these brews that I have consumed out of state. I travel out of state monthly...

Good morning. Background: I brewed an American amber ale Monday evening. While cooling the wort I had to field a call from work while left my wort sitting in the ice bath for about an hour. When I finally siphoned to the fermenter I had a really nice hot/cold break. I had a dry yeast...

* any grammatical errors I blame on the beer * I'm sitting there with my laptop in the garage having just start my boil and I see a dog's nose pop up under the garage door that is open about 2-3'. My neighbor’s dog scurries in and just sits down next to me... kind of like hey bud, hook me up...

I've brewed a batch of California Common (Anchor Steam clone) that I purchaed from Midwest Brewing using the California Lager Wyeast Activator 2112. (Kit details here) I took an initial gravity reading once my wort had cooled, which I think was a mistake. The sample had seperated into three...