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Zombie Dust clone (recipe here) Pitched the yeast around 12 hours ago. I noticed that slowly this layer has started to rise from the bottom of the fermentor. I've never seen this happen before. no real bubbles or airlock action, Is this yeast in lag phase, or is something wrong?

I made this kit three weeks ago. http://www.greatfermentations.com/downloads/instructions/beerkits/TidalStoutAG.pdf 12 lbs. Maris Otter Malt 1.5 lbs. Simpson’s Dark Crystal Malt 1.0 lb. Crystal 10L Malt 1.0 lb. Flaked Oats 1.0 lb. White Wheat Malt 0.5 lb. Chocolate Malt 0.5 lb. Carafa III Malt...

I brewed a tripel yesterday, here was the kit I used: http://www.greatfermentations.com/downloads/instructions/beerkits/Trippple%20End-AllGrain.pdf I boiled then threw it all through a chiller and into the fermenter directly. Pitched it with a 2L starter with two dry packs of yeast. Woke up...

I started by converting my standard burner I got from Menards to natural gas. It didn't work out too well. The flame was too small and I could barely keep 6 gallons boiling. I bit the bullet and bought a banjo burner and converted it to NG this weekend. I bored the orifice out to 1/8" and...

Did my first all grain batch today: 11 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 80.0 % 8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 2 3.6 % 8.0 oz Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 3 3.6 % 8.0 oz Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 4 3.6 % 8.0 oz Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 5 3.6 % 4.0 oz...

I'm working on a mash tun because I want to get into all grain brewing. I've sourced my parts and created a first draft. I am using 1/2" CPVC. Here's what the manifold looks like: Here's the sparge rig I've made. I thought having the water drip perpendicular to the manifold tubes might help...

I know, RDWHAHB I've been doing that ( :D ) I started a BB Oktoberfest Sunday morning ( http://www.brewersbestkits.com/pdf/1028%20German%20Octoberfest.pdf ). I forgot to add the dried malt extract until 20 minutes before the boil. The liquid malt extract got added on time. From the sounds of...

Reading through the DIY forum has gotten me thinking about a project I'd like to undertake, an arduino based solution for monitoring things like temperature, power usage, and keg volumes. Here's what I have so far: If anyone has any ideas, comments, questions etc let me know :mug: I'll be...

After I racked into secondary I noticed this a few hours later: It's not a trick of the light, when I move the carboy the layer starts to dissolve but then comes back after a while. I hit both my original and final gravities. Just wondering what this is and if it's going to affect the flavor...

Anxious/nervous first time brewer. I used the brewer's best ipa kit: Malts Used: Light Liquid Malt Extract 60ºL Crystal Malt Victory Malt Hops Used: Cascade Yeast: Nottingham Dry Yeast Here's what it looked like at 0 hours: First mistake was we added too much water, it...