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After buying some new gadgets and getting really excited about my brewing, I am now getting flustered. I bought a stir plate and a wort chiller to help make a better beer. Everything went well up until fermentation. My recipe was for an Imperial IPA. The OG was 1.072. I used wyeast esb 1968...

So I am on my third batch and was really excited about my new gear and recipe. I bought a 50' wort chiller and a stir plate as new toys for this batch. My recipe was for an imperial ipa. Everything went great in brew night. I mean perfectly. Then yesterday came. While shopping for groceries I...

I am doing my first yeast starter ever and am using a stir plate. I entered my numbers into both and came up with two very different results for viability. Yeastcalc gave me 89% which was enough cells ti cover my yeast requirement. On Mr. Malty it gave me a 71% viability and needing two packs to...

I have only brewed two batches and quickly learned I needed to make starters for my batches as I like high gravity brews, and I need a wort chiller, as I don't like waiting. Anyhow, my question is this...... how do I determine how much of a starter to make? On beersmith it said I needed 9...

If I am using a smack pack can I also use servomyses?

I am only on my second batch and am looking for a bigger challenge than my first, which was a Partial American Pale Ale. My current favorite is Lagunitas Censored AKA The Kronik. I found an AG recipe on here that apparantly came from Jamil's podcast. Apparantly the brew master gave a homebrew...