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My local water is drawn from a limestone aquifer, with a consistent, well buffered Ph of 8.4. PERFECT for African cichlids, beer not so much. I don't even try making ales with it. My current realistic choices are spring water, distilled, or Primo water. Which would you suggest for pils?

I'm currently using a 1L flask and 1/2 gal. glass container for ale starters. I understand lager/pils need higher cell counts. What do you suggest for starter container size?

Planning on brewing an EPA this weekend, and have a choice between wyeast 1945 Neobrittania and 1968. SG 1.056. As a old/new brewer, I don't have a lot of experience with liquid yeasts, and am seeking guidance from those more experienced on the issue.

When I received my initial smack pack, it was a bit dated, and was not enough for my batch. To be expected. A single starter step was barely sufficient, said yeastcalc. After reading various threads concerning washing/propagation, I did a step up starter, yielding 2x required for my batch. After...

Lightly bittered, nice hop aroma, chewy/malty, not coffee/chocolate?

Hi, I'm not quite a new brewer, but have been away from the hobby for many years. (Envision broken carboy, half fermented brown ale, and light colored apartment carpeting..) :( After ghosting here for a while, learning and relearning, my first new batch should be ready to bottle soon. I had...

I've been away from brewing for a long time, but decided to get my feet wet again. Starting from a True Brew all malt amber kit, consisting of: 3.3 lb. Munton hopped amber lme 2 lb. Munton light dme 1 oz. UK First Gold (8%) hops 1 pk. Munton dry yeast My first thought was the yeast sucked...