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I am using this yeast for the first time by brewing Northern Alt Bier recipe from Brewing Classic Styles. I plan to make a starter and want to make sure it is the right size to ferment the 1.048 wort properly. It is scheduled to ferment at 50 degrees for 4 weeks. According to yeastcalc, a 1.8L...

Just made a starter for a batch that I hoped to brew yesterday but it didn't work out. I already decanted it and put it in the fridge. My question is: if I brew next week, will my starter be good for another few days? Thanks in advance!

1) do you account for the volume of the starter (1-2 L) in the final volume of the beer - so that you don't have too much wort? 2) if adding nutrient to the starter, is it not necessary to add more nutrient to the wort when boiling the full batch? Thanks in advance!

Have been brewing using extract with steeping grains for over a year now. Some success and some failures. Lately, I bought a new brew kettle and like it, but I am having trouble consistently reaching the target gravities. 1st brew - sweet stout. Boiled too long trying to reach hot break that I...

Just made a sweet stout for the first time. I boiled off more wort than I meant to (plus there was a drip from the spigot on my new brew kettle). So my intended OG was 1.059, but ended up being 1.072. After fermenting for 11 days at 68 degrees, my last reading was 1.030 (goal was 1.018). For...

Brewed a Sweet Stout today with a new brew kettle. I couldn't reach hot break due to a near-empty gas container (using burner outside). So I let it go a little long and evaporated too much water. I didn't realize how much until I took the OG reading. The target was 1.059. The actual was 1.073...

I am planning to brew the Sweet Stout, using the recipe from Brewing Classic Styles. I noticed in one of the appendices, it referenced steeping at cooler temps, and for longer time (possibly overnight) when working with roasted or black patent - to avoid tannic extraction. The steeping grains...

just brewed a batch of Brown Porter. I put too much liquid in the brew pot resulting in a lower OG of 1.045 (1.051 was the target) After holding the temp at 67 for two weeks, the next gravity was 1.018. A week later, 1.016. (1.014 was the target) My question is: if my OG gravity is low, will...

Just brewed the Weizen recipe from Brewing Classic Styles using extract. Used two cans of Wheat LME and added a pound of Wheat DME to six-gallons. Got the pre-boil gravity and OG numbers right but the color is not. Was expecting yellow but instead have more of an orange color in the hydrometer...

Am headed to the LHBS tomorrow to buy ingredients for brewing the next day. It requires 2 liquid yeast packs, but I was wondering if making a starter is possible. I will only have about 24-hours to let the yeast do its thing. Is that enough time, or should simply buy the 2 liquid packs this time...

Well, actually....my wife gave me a large gift certificate for Lowe's to pick out a chest freezer. I am planning on getting a 7 cu. ft. Fridgidaire. Since there isn't one at the store for measuring, is there enough room for a couple buckets below the compressor bump on the bottom? It is 35" wide...

I have done a search on this on the site and still have some specific questions regarding steeping. 1) When heating to 160 or so, and then turning off the heat, is it okay to cover it, or will that trap some off flavors that need to come out? 2) Also, do I need to make sure that the temp stays...

I plan to make all the beginning recipes from Brewing Classic Styles - after I buy a chest freezer and temp control. The book is quite particular regarding the fermentation temp for each recipe so I want to make sure I do it right. My question: if the recipe states it as 67 degrees, does that...

I made a Blonde Ale using the recipe from the Brewing Classic Styles book. I put all the ingredients into Beercalculus.com and noticed the IBU's ended up being around 14, when the recipe called for a little over 20. I noticed this after returning home from the brew store and went ahead anyway...

Just bottled my third solo brew. For the second time in three tries, the FG is higher than the target by 10 points. Since the ambient temperature was around 68 in each case (Scottish and Blonde ales), I am guessing that the ferment temp is too high and needs to be brought down in the future. My...

After trying my Dunkelweizen for the the fourth consecutive week in the bottle with no improvement, I opened all the bottles and poured the batch out. Hope I never have to do that again! I posted concerns about it a couple weeks back and it still had an intense apple/sherry flavor. The posts on...

I have made two brews - neither have which have turned out well. First a Scottish Ale from a kit that had a FG of .021 instead of the target of the .012 that was the goal. Followed the instructions very carefully, however I am assuming it was due to not re-hydrating the dry before pitching...

First time post. Just started brewing and tried from the Dunkelweizen recipe from the book, Brewing Classic Styles. My question is regarding the first step of steeping the grains. I brought 3 gallons of water (yes, I know now - way too much water!) to 170 degrees and steeped in a nylon bag...