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I just finished the d rest and cold crashed on a classic American pilsner and the sample I took to check for diacetyl and gravity was fairly clear but not crystal as I was hoping. No I am not interested in filtering. Any thoughts on how the addition of gelatin to the primary would influence...

I have been reading Gordon Strongs book and just realized I may have been making a mistake and was hoping for some clarification. He states your sparge water needs to be pH 5.5 very clearly. He also recommends using phosphoric to get there from RO. Will 5.2 do the same thing or does that...

Yesterday I brewed 'old monster' from JZ's Brewing Classic styles. Ended up with an OG of 1.125 and plan to barrel age in rum barrel I got from farmhouse brewing. Question is do I need to do a couple weeks in a secondary carboy before going into the barrel? I pitched 2 vials of WLP001 from a...

Ok here is my drama... I made an oatmeal stout a few weeks back, 2 weeks in primary then straight to keg. Let it sit in keg for a week at 45 degrees and then hooked up to the CO2 tank and force carbonated (or so I thought) at 13 psi and shook it for a couple minutes. A couple days later I set...

I have done 7 AG batches and 35 extract batches and think I may be noticing a pattern... Typically i will do an extract batch while mashing/sparging. in my AG batches the krausen ring is much thicker than in the extract batches when using the same yeast. (Washed yeast for both from prior batch...

This is my first starter and am worried... So i made starter using 1quart water, 1/4 cup DME, yeast nutrient and yeast energizer (nutrient and energizer used recommended amount). It bubbled in the airlock from about hr 6 to 24 then quit. There appears to more yeast on the bottom of the...