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Hey all I recently made a simple cider using US-05. I'M brewing a pumpkin beer on sunday. Can I wash the yeast and use it in my beer? I've read some posts saying not to go from simple to complex sugars but haven't seen anything official on it.

Hey all! So I recently bought a used 10cu ft. chest freezer which I will be using as a fermentation chamber/keg chiller. I also am running an STC-1000 temperature controller. However, I am having troubles with keeping temperatures down. I've done plenty of reading on different methods...

Hey all! So I did my first all grain brew yesterday, a bit of a variation on the Cottage House Saison recipe. Here are the specs, as estimated by Beersmith: Total Grains: 11.5 lbs (including 1 pound honey) Estimated Pre-boil volume: 6 Gallon (only 7 gallon pot) Final Volume: 5.25...

Anybody know if its possible to have a dual c02 disconnect set-up coming out of a c02 tank? I have some kegs that are pin lock and some that are ball lock and I don't want to switch lines all the time when carbonating.

Hey all, So I just recently brewed an IIPA. My target volume was 5.25 gallons so I chose to just brew 5.25 gallons as my stove couldnt handle much more. I had top up water ready to go but I notced that once I had the 12 lbs of LME in there, my volume was much higher. At the end of the brew my...

Hey Everyone, I'm about to brew an IIPA and I'm looking for some major IBU's and aroma. I've got 2 oz Columbus, 2 oz Cascade and 2 oz Chinook. Here's the schedule I've proposed. 1 oz Columbus @ 60min 1 oz Chinook @ 30min .5 oz Cascade @ 30min .5 oz Columbus @15min .5 oz Chinok @15min...

Hey all, I'm looking at ordering a new brew pot and will either get a 7.5 gallon or 9 gallon. The 9 gallon has fittings for a faucet and thermometer however. I only plan on doing stove top brewing for the next while, but is a 9 gallon pot too big for a stove? I've heard of some people warping...

Hey everyone, So I'm trying my first mead with the cherry berry mead recipe. I used the recommended Wyeast 4184. I just checked the gravity today after two weeks and I've only gone from 1.100 to 1.080. It should be lower than this by now I'd think. I even made a starter! I'm thinking of...

So I pitched a starter of Wyeast Trappist high gravity into a belgian tripel. It was in a bucket and I set up a blow off tube knowing that things would get messy. However, as most buckets are not air tight I came home to discover quite the mess! I tried using some tape to keep the lid closed but...

Hey everyone! Another noobish question from me. I'm putting together a recipe for a Tripel I am making and am trying to figure out the OG. Here is the base recipe.... 5.25 gallons 12 lbs Pilsen LME Estimated OG 1.082 I've modified it a bit as such 11 lbs Pilsen LME 1 lbs Belgian Candi...

Hey everyone! So I am making a starter for my Tripel I will be brewing this week. I used 3.4 litres of water for my Wyeast trappist high gravity yeast as directed by Mr. Malty. However....I came home for lunch today and found a bit of a mess! I was using a 1 gallon glass jug for the starter...

Hey everyone, So I just bottled my first extract beer which was a pumpkin porter. The final gravity was 1.020 (should have been 1.018 on the high end), but I couldn't get it down anymore after a week of raising the temps and trying to get the yeast back into action. The beer has a bit of a...

Hey everyone! So I am making my first Melomel, and I ordered a package of Wyeast 4184 yeast for the 5 gallon batch. Using the Mr. Malty calculator I've determined that this package will not be enough for 5 gallons. Can anyone give me some tips on making a starter with this? Mr. Malty says I...

Hey everyone, So I will be making a few high gravity beers coming up here in the near future. A belgian triple, a IIPA, and a mead. The two ales are from a kit, and I will make a few alterations. The kits recommend their specific varieties of yeast, which I have ordered with the kits, but I am...

Hey everyone! So I have a pumpkin porter in the primary right now, it has been in there for two weeks. I took a hydro reading today as I haven't seen much activity in a few days. My OG was a bit low from the start, was supposed to be 1.057, I was at about 1.053. Today my hydro reading was at...

Hey everyone! Question here.... I need to buy a big funnel for transferring my wort to the fermenter. Unfortunately I cannot find a large enough funnel ANYWHERE. I was thinking of using an automotive funnel, but am unsure if these are food safe or not? None of the ones I saw stated what type...

Hey everyone! First post here on the forums. I've made one batch from a mr. beer kit before, and was unimpressed, so I've decided to take it up a notch and will be trying out an extract brew this weekend. I'll be making a pumpkin porter (that time of year...) from Brewer's Best. Now I just...