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I wrote up a recent exBEERiment that takes a look at yeast performance between starter and a white labs vial pitched directly. Enjoy! http://brulosophy.com/2015/04/20/yeast-pitch-rate-single-vial-vs-yeast-starter-exbeeriment-results/

So I have been using an STC-1000 temperature controller and a full-size fridge (with Top freezer) as a fermentation chamber. As Such, it is working wonderfully. The only downside is that the Top freezer Stays closed, and grows mold. There's nothing really up there, but I still don't like it...

OK, so I want to talk about this beer. Let me first explain myself a bit: I'm not really an IPA drinker. I do find some DIPAs to be a little better balanced, and tend to like them more. I love belgians. I want to say all that to let you know: I like beers that are more malt-forward. I'm...

Well, do ya, Punk?

So, I am consistently missing my FG target in Beersmith by .003-.006. Belgian Dubbel (Jamil's recipe) - Beersmith projected 1009, finished at 1012. WLP530 - Ramped temps to 74 Finish. Belgian Quad - Beersmith projected 1009, finished at 1012. WLP500. Ramped temps to 80F Finish. Amber...

OK, so I am 4 All-Grain batches in, this is my current procedure: Buy Reverse Osmosis Water at Grocery Machine or "Water Store" Assuming Zero mineral content, I use "Balanced Profile II' on this calculator http://www.brewersfriend.com/water-chemistry/ to determine how much of each salt to...

Anyone ever brewed a successful, or close, clone of New Belgium Springboard? Had one of these last night and WOW. I can't believe how delicious and incredibly drinkable this beer is. Seems like a perfect summer beer if I can figure out how to make it. I have found one, somewhat helpful...

Can you guys give some critique of my saison recipe I'm working on? Mainly HOP/SPICE additions, but if you have any major faults with the grist I'm all ears too - its just that I've already bought/milled the grain. RECIPE: Making an amber Saison. Grain Bill (pretty much fixed at this...

I'm brewing a Belgian Strong Dark today, projected OG is 1.097. I made a starter with a single vial of WLP500 in 2L of water with 1/2Lb of Light DME. I let it run on the stirplate for 36 hours, and I've now moved it to the fridge to hopefully settle-out so I can Decant off the liquid and...

Just bottled my first cider. While my Carboy was full, a neighbor gave my father in law a new Mr. Beer kit, i snatched it up to use the fermenter for Cider: Here's the recipe/Process. Since the kit had it already there, I used the Mr Beer dry yeast, and gave away the Extract kit. Brewed...

OK, so for my first batch, I let it ride in primary 20 days and then bottled (sg had been stable over a week). Now, my 2nd batch is in the carboy, an all greain Belgian Dubbel (recipe from the Jamil Show). Started at 1073, and after 9 days was at 1012, where it remains today, 15 days into...

So, I've got my 1st batch (Irish Red Extract kit) in bottles to be consumed in a few weeks. My 2nd Batch (Belgian Dubbel from The Jamil Show-Can You Brew It) is in the carboy right now. This was my first AG brew and everything was very smooth. The next thing I would like to get going is...

Figured I would show off a few of my upgrades I've done to move from Extract first batch to all Grain. STC-1000 - Gotta get a heating pad today to actually use it, right now it is acting as a fancy digital thermometer. Keeping my eye out for some fridge to build a fermentation chamber with...

Mt First brew day was an extract kit 3 weeks ago. Will bottle soon. In the 3 weeks: I've purchased and wired an STC-1000 Temperature control module. (Still need to build some kind of "box" keeping brew warm in the garage, probably a large insulated cardboard box with a 60W lightbulb until...

OK, so I am a new brewer. Have nice beer setup and my first batch is in the Carboy. I also came to be the owner of a MR. Beer kit, which I quickly decided would be my Cider machine (assuming I end up liking the cider). For my 1st batch I did a real quick and dirty job, but here's what...

I am planning on my next batch (2nd) being another kit - The MoreBeer Dubbel, unless someone scares me away from it. My concern, however, is that I LOOOOOOVE Belgian Dubbels and Quads, but I find the really good ones are sweet up front, but don't have that cloying body and sweetness of ones I...

My 1st Brew is an Irish Red Extract kit from MoreBeer. I input it into hopville: http://hopville.com/recipe/1672038 Brew day was smooth and everything went fine. Fermentation was good, and after about a week it had dropped from 1.058 to 1.022. I left it in the primary, and will continue to...

I am trying to get an idea of what the general consensus is on "Big" beers, specifically for beers that deserve more time from kettle to glass. Working from the general consensus of 3 weeks in primary, 3 weeks in bottle as the baseline norm that most seem to be comfortable...

Be forewarned: This is long. (the jokes write themselves boys) OK, so I have been here for a couple weeks now, and on r/homebrewing on reddit, I have read most of Palmer's 1st edition online, and now have the recent version hardcopy as a reference. I received a really nice kit from morebeer...