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The yeast was only pitched about an hour ago, so I am not getting anxious yet. We will see tomorrow.

I don't have a stir plate and needed to make a 2L starter for the Schwarzbier I am about to brew. It came into my head to use my son's "Calming Vibrations" baby seat, which keeps a perpetual vibration running through the starter. However, I recognize that this isn't exactly the same as a stir...

I brewed a Red Kolsch ale extract kit and used a Safale US-05 dry yeast. It fermented at temp controlled 58F for two weeks or so. After transferring it to a secondary at two weeks I let it go a week and then progressively dropped the temp down to 38. I was thinking that this would be good...

Target OG/FG was 1.050/1.016. Fermentation temp was controlled at 61-65 F. Also, this was the first time I made a yeast starter for a White Labs WLP011. I won't be able to bottle it for two more weeks (it has been in primary for two already). Should I put it in a secondary to let it settle a...

So after brewing the AHS Holiday Chocolate Stout extract kit and adding the "alcohol boost" pack of sugar, I repeatedly got an OG reading of 1.070. This is even after a day of letting it sit. I pitched a yeast starter and it fermented for awhile. I took two FG readings, 5 days apart, and got...