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I am assuming this is an infection. Should I just pitch it? It smells a little sour to me.

I am planning on brewing tomorrow and need to make a starter for an 11 gal batch. I am trying to figure out how big of a starter I need and getting two totally different answer from Mr Malty and BS 2.0. Wyeast 3711 Produced 1\30\12 for 11 Gallon Batch Mr Malty Says: 458 Billion Need 2...

I brewed a mild a couple weeks back with Nottingham dry yeast and wasn't paying attention to the temps in my basement at the time. It got down to 61 and I noticed the beer stopped fermenting a little quick. the starting gravity was 1.038 and it is stuck at 1.020. Still way too sweet. I moved it...

I used the EZ Calc 2.0 for the first time on my last brew because my water was off quite a bit and seems to be affecting my efficiency. I was wondering if someone would mind going over my #'s and let me know if this is correct. The beer I made was awful and tasted like paint thinner. I think I...

I just finished brewing the DFH 120 Min IPA Clone recipe from homebrewchef.com and was wondering if anyone out there has tried this recipe yet. I listened to the "can you brew it" MP3 and decided to do 10 hop additions during the boil instead of the 40 in the original recipe. I think I may also...

I have been wanting to make this for a while and could not find the Beersmith file for the recipe. I created the BS file from the BYO Mag recipe and I thought I would post it out here for those that might be interested. The numbers in BS are off from what the recipe says, but that has been my...

Question for those of you that use Beersmith. I had a recipe I found here for a 5 gallon batch and I scaled it up to 7 gallons in BS. BS said I should have 9.75 gallons pre-boil for a 60 min boil. I knew this sounded way off, but I figured it had to be right. Anyway, I made the beer and...

I brewed an Oberon Clone last week and I planned on pitching a new batch of beer on top of the yeast cake because the yeasts for both recipes were the same. When I opened up the lid on the Oberon, however, there is still a thick head on it. I have never top cropped yeast before and I am trying...

Somewhat new to all grain and I just finished my HERMS system based on The Pols setup. For my first brew in this system I have decided to do a simple Kolsch and would like to make sure I am calculating efficiency correctly. Here is what I have for the recipe. Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast...

I am in the process of setting up The Pol's HERM system and I have a few questions regarding the grounding and wiring of everything. Not real knowledgeable in the electrical dept, so I was hoping someone could help me out. Both the Element and stir motor only have two wires\terminals and I know...