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I wonder if you folks can help me; I can't remember where I read about an idea concerning making starters just to energize the yeast before pitching shortly after (same day possibly). Does anyone have a clue what I'm talking about, or has anyone else seen this and if so, where have you seen it...

I have noticed the disappearance of some forums, and the change to other forums around here. Did anyone else notice a change in the Recipe database? I have been out of the loop, so I may have just not noticed all this until now...

The college course that is. I just finished Chem 1 and I think I did alright, but it took entirely too much of my attention away from more important things... Like brewing beer. How abnoxious. :mug:

I know everyone is aware of the magnificence of BIAB brewing, but despite batch sparking for the past two years I just tried BIAB for the first time. Talk about speed! All in all, I was done and clean in under 4 hours, compared to a usual 5-6 hour day! My only complaint is the terribly cloudy...

This past week I have made a trip to Houston from the DC area to visit my folks and have tried two beers that each had a slight taste of swamp water to them. One was from Covington Louisiana, called Swamp Bock (This one didn't surprise me), and the other from Conroe Texas that is listed as a...

I have a question for you folks. Is there anyone else out there that actually enjoys drinking beer at room temperature? When I was stationed in Germany I often wouldn't refrigerate my beer, and drink it at whatever temperature the room was. Usually 55-70 degrees. I feel like I get a more...

I have some Otter Creek Kind Rye, that I happen to happily notice is bottle conditioned, unfiltered, etc. I am curious if anyone has happened to harvest yeast from one of these bottles before, or not? If not, I am definitely going to give it a whirl. The beer is pretty good, with a smooth...

I made an IPA a couple of weeks ago, and go to hook it up in my keezer and after a few days carbonating (I blast carbonate around 3 times serving PSI then clear the pressure in the keg and reconnect at serving pressure) and I get nothing coming out of the tap. I'm looking at the line, it's got...

I have been brewing almost a year, most of the time all grain. I have noticed abnormally long conversion mash times when I test with iodine. I started mashing with Acid malt, after a couple of long brew days, and it seems to help. It is definitely not a total fix, though, so maybe that's not...