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I have been reading and listening to podcasts regarding yeast starters. I want to do a few big beers and was recommended a 5L erlenmyer flask. This thing is huge!!! Much bigger than I ha imagined. Ignoring the process, do you actually put one vial into 5L of wort to make a 5L starter?

Hi. I overheard someone saying bees drop around and say hello when they brewing. Is he off with the fairies, or are bees attracted by the sugar odours from brewing? On the weekend I did my first all grain batch. Afterwards I put the grains into the compost heap. A few days after that found a...

Hi. Just want to add cement to the reason that you don't use cotton for your BIAB bag. If logic is correct. On the weekend I did my first all grain brew with a cotton BIAB bag. When the bag got wet it would not let water through. This meant there was a layer of water that stayed outside if...

Hi, I have more then enough decommissioned 3/4" copper gas pipe under the house. I'd like to use it to make an immersion wort chiller as buying 1/2" is expensive at the moment. I have two questions: 1. Is it safe to use for wort chilling? 2. Will it bend or split with a spring form pipe...

Hello all, This is my first post, and first brew. Executive Summary: I don’t know if my fermentation is as a result of Lalvin EC-1118 yeast or wild yeast. We are making an apple cider with bought Red Delicious apples. We juiced these in about an hour and therefore did not add campden...