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I ordered an Oktoberfest kit from Midwest with a Bavarian Smack Pack dated April 07. What did I do wrong? This was the sequence of events: Took yeast out of box (70F) on my porch and put in refrigerator for 24 hours. Removed from frig and allowed to warm up to 70f and then smacked and shook...

should I add 1/4tsp of yeast nutrient to my starter while it is boiling of after it is chilled?

I drain my electric keggle via gravity through a counterflow. I am gearing up my oktoberfest brew tomorrow and its been a while since i brewed so I filled up the keggle with 6.5 gallons of water and timed the drain. 28 minutes....thats water, no trub to clog my bazooka and slow it down even...

Would anyone be willing to point me in the right direction as far as water quality? If there is a good website out there that would be great. Even better would be to check my water at the link below and tell me what I should add :) Click on the link below and look at the Conestoga Plant Results...

I am thinking about cutting the garden hose off my homemade c/f chiller to use the copper inside as a prechiller and go back to my old immersion. 3 reasons: 1. I am beginning to believe that cooling the wort (all the wort) at once will yield better hop aroma and less dms. 2. Because I use...

Is anyone getting decent efficiency by batch sparging in a 10 gallon rubbermaid round cooler? I have about 16 inches of stainless braided hose laying around the perimeter of the cooler instead of a false bottom. I have made about 7 all grain batches (all with this method) and have never really...

I am searching the web for a good deal on an Oktoberfest all grain kit. Has anyone ever used all grain kits from Midwest? I don't typically buy kits but this is cheap and I am broke. thoughts?

Help. I am frustrated. Set up: I use 2 Rubbermaid 10 gal coolers, one for HLT and one for Mashing. I boil in a 15 gallon keg with a 3500 watt element in the bottom. The HLT is equipped with a heating element controlled by a Ranco. The Mash Tun has a stainless steel braided hose laying around...

I racked my Imp. Stout into the secondary last week and plan on letting sit until November and then bottle it. I am planning on adding Champagne yeast but I am not sure when. Thoughts? The final gravity is still 1027 which is high but that could be because: A. the yeast is dead or B. Its done...

6 days ago I made a Young's Special London Ale (as seen in BYO). I hit the OG of 1064 right on the head but the FG is supposed to be 1015 and mine is still 1023. It bubbles once every 30 seconds but tomorrow it will have been in the fermenter for 7 days. I have heard about off-flavors due to...

Scenario: 21 lbs of grain, 5 gallon batch, American Ale yeast with a starter that was too small. After 10 days of 68-72 degrees I took a gravity reading and got 1033. It stopped bubbling 3 days ago and as of last night the krausen had expired. My OG was 1098 and according to some calculators...

Hello, As some of you may remember I made an Imperial Stout 8 days ago. The OG was 1096. 2 days before I brewed I made a yeast starter (1000ml), which ended up after the boil and ferment as about 400ml of liquid and a good 1/2 inch of yeast sediment on the bottom. Looking back I should have...

I just made my 4th all grain batch, an Imperial Stout with 21 pounds of grain. After mashing at 155 for 60 minutes I added about 2 gallons of 205F water from the HLT to bring the mash upto 170F. I stirred the mash until the entire grain bed was 170 and then let it sit for 10 minutes. I then...

Question #12 I just brewed my 4th all-grain batch last night. A 21 pound grain bill Imperial Oatmeal Stout :D I brew will all electric in my basement and I have a counter flow chiller (3/8) i.d. As I watch for 34 minutes, my wort slowly drain from my keggle I thought: quickly chilling the...

Someone set me straight here. I made Northern Brewers Belgian Wit AG this weekend and this was my 3rd ag batch. The directions (mash) said 153 for 60min and 170 for 10min. Does that mean sparge out with 170 or actually raise the mash to 170 and hold it for 10 and then sparge? I heated my...

I just ordered the AG wit kit from Northern Brewer. Has anyone ever made it? I am hoping for a resemblence of Blue Moon.

Due to ending up with slightly less than 4 gallons in the fermenter (after my 1st and 2nd all grain attempt) I ask this question. After batch sparging until my kettle had about 6 gallons (it took 60 mins.) the water coming out of the mash tun was totally clear, telling me I have effectively...

I made my 2nd AG batch today and things started smooth as butter but I came up short again! I followed Charlie Papizan's guidelines: 10 pounds of grain 2.5 gallons 170 F in Mash Tun (10 gallon cooler) Mixed and let rest for 90 minutes (154F) Sparged out with 5 gallons of 170F water...

I made my first all grain batch on Tuesday and after a few mishaps in the brewery things went well. Because i was using my bottling bucket with a heating element in the bottom :) I ran low on sparge water. I also used 13 pounds of grain and about 5 ounces of hops:p . After the 90 minute boil my...

Well, my basement electric brewery is coming along. So far I have hard plumbed my counter flow chiller and cut off the lid to a Sanke, installed a 4500 watt element and all fittings have tig welded:) Looks great. The next step is deciding what to do for a HLT and Mashtun. Elevation is a problem...