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    purple/black color in muslin dry hop bag

    Kinda looks like a little frog...
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    Stepping up from Bells Amber bottles

    I used 4 early Oberon bottles. I did 500ml to start, then 800ml, then 1600ml. It took a while, but I have what looks like 3-4 times the volume of a white labs vial. I think something like 350 billion cells? Shown in the pic is a new bottle of California V next to my Bells yeast. It smells...
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    first rhizomes ordered

    I was never aware you could just take sh** and grow something with it...I've only used composted manure in my gardens...
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    carboy vs bucket

    It's interesting to see so many perspectives towards gear...nobody "needs" a glass carboy, but my fun lies in seeing, touching, smelling all the ingredients and reactions. I did the bucket, but it was anti-climactic to just sit and wonder what's actually going on...my second brew was in a glass...
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    carboy vs bucket

    I started off with a bucket...they work just fine, except for the smell that I just cannot get out of the plastic...I now have a 6.5G glass carboy that is a real treat to watch and observe during the fermentation...I also have a 5G secondary carboy, which holds a beer while it frees up a...
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    S-04 and sourness?

    I guess mine wasn't that sour...that doesn't sound good at all... Rehydrated yeast 15mins@90° Cooled then pitched @ 72° Steeped grains for 40mins at 155° 6lb DME - briess light I think OG - 1.050 @ 72° FG - 1.012 at time of transfer to secondary FG - 1.012 at time of bottling Carbonating right...
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    S-04 and sourness?

    I used S-04 in a Newcastle clone...I've been looking for this fruity tartness that no other beer seems to have...i just opened a 7day old bottle to check carbonation, and I can't believe it really tastes like Newcastle...I'm still new to Homebrew, but I found this yeast to be perfect for what I...
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    air lock not bubbling and sludge at the bottom of my first brew! what do i do?

    So how's that no slow activity brew coming along???...
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    fermenting kölsh= rotten egg farts!

    I just transferred a kolsch to a secondary a couple days ago...the first few weeks were pretty worrisome...it smelled nasty...I used a dry yeast from the kit, but I got a nasty smell too...but I tasted it, and it actually settled into something pretty yummy...
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    air lock not bubbling and sludge at the bottom of my first brew! what do i do?

    I started in my fermenter in the 69°F kitchen. Mine took off like a rocket. Although people are saying that pitching at 82°F might be harmful, I would think it continued to cool overnight. After the initial wild brewing, it went into a closet along an exterior wall. The water I used to temp...
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    air lock not bubbling and sludge at the bottom of my first brew! what do i do?

    So back to the OP, I think there's quite a few variables, but waiting more seems to be the right answer IMO.
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    air lock not bubbling and sludge at the bottom of my first brew! what do i do?

    70°F IS better. I ended up at 82° after topping off with freezer-chilled water. I chilled the kettle wort to 145° when I mixed it. I guess I should have put the bucket in the tub afterwards. Either way, there's always next time to correct these missteps. I was so focused on matching temps...
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    air lock not bubbling and sludge at the bottom of my first brew! what do i do?

    I'm new too, and no expert. I had great anxiety over what you are now dealing with. However, I'm still curious about your method. I brewed my first ever batch from a kit about 2wks ago, and just transferred to a secondary carboy a few days ago. Did you use a kit? Sanitize? Dry/liquid...
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