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I made up a 1 gallon batch of low gravity, low ibu wort last week and pitched the entire vial into it. So far I have not seen any indication of activity. This will be my first attempt at a sour/wild beer so I don't really know what to expect or how soon to expect anything. If nothing happens I...

Those were my initial thoughts as well. I think I will go with that plan and see what comes of it. No harm in trying! Thanks for the recommendation.

I recently found a bottle of East coast yeast's Bug County blend of wild yeast and bacteria that I had gifted to my Dad two years ago. It has been in a refrigerator in the unopened bottle since November 2014. Does anybody have any info about the shelf life of packaged wild yeast/bacteria or any...

Just a little update... Added a little less than 1/8th tsp. of amylase (it's a 1g batch) on 04/28. After about 24 hours fermentation restarted. Checked to SG today and it is at 1.018 according to my hydrometer. My expected FG for this recipe was 1.017 but I have no idea how the amount of...

Also I should add that fermentation looked completely normal at first. I know it's not the best practice to use the airlock as the indicator but in this case the fermentation seemed very healthy for the first 5-7 days. This leads me to believe that the yeast was not the problem...definitely an...

Just to clear this up, I checked SG with my refractometer originally and corrected using the "Brewers Friend" calculator. I also backed up that reading with a hydrometer because I was skeptical at first. My refractometer is typically right on with my hydro readings after correction.

Thanks everyone for your recommendations! I agree with bransona and Gavin C that my problem is definitely lack of enzymatic activity so I will get my hands on some amylase and see what happens!

I have been brewing, primarily extract, for a few years now and decided to attempt my first BIAB all grain batch. I had never moved to AG brewing due to the costs associated with upgrading my equipment (i'm a poor student right now). During the mash I was monitoring temperature using a typical...

Mosaic IPA AG would be great!

I'm currently in grad school and nearing the end of the semester so it may be a couple weeks before I am available but I definitely want to get this started

We could plan sometime to meet up somewhere and discuss plans on how we want to get things going, over a few good beers of course.

Anything ever come to fruition with this? I just moved up to Auburn and would love to get a local club going.