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The bag is fairly puffy. Thats what I was worried about. Thanks for the help!

So I ordered some liquid yeast, long story short Fed Ex took 8 days to deliver. Ice pack was melted completely. Is there any way to tell if the yeast is ruined without trying to make a starter?

Below is the recipe I am considering. Obviously the 6 row will be replaced with 2 row. Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: WPL940 (Mexi Lager) Yeast Starter: No Batch Size (Gallons): 11 Original Gravity: 1.053 Final Gravity: 1.010 IBU: 15.3 Boiling Time (Minutes): 60...

I'm planning to make a light lager style cerveza (a la Pacifico, Dos Equis, etc.). Most recipes I have found call for roughly a 3:2 ratio of 2 row malt to 6 row malt, and flaked corn. My question is, can I use ALL 2 row malt and omit the 6 row? Due to a shipping error, I currently have way too...

Probably a dumb question, but is it possible to do an all grain mash and only do a partial (i.e. 2.5-3 gal) boil? Then add top up water when pitching yeast as is done in partial mash/extract kits? I ask because I don't currently have the equipment to do a full boil, as I am limited to using...

Thanks guys! Update, after about 30 mins out of the fridge, I'm already seeing bubbles in the airlock! Hopefully no off flavor a result. Thanks for the advice

So long story short, I brewed a Hefeweizen on Saturday, will post recipe if it becomes relevant. Yeast packet says 60-75F for fermentation. Stuck it in my fermentation chamber (old kegerator with temp control), set for 65F. Monday I noticed that I forgot to put the temp control probe in the...

I made a wheat beer using an extract recipe (I can post the recipe if it becomes relevant to the question). I'm using blueberry purée in the secondary for a few weeks, and then plan on adding a little extract at bottling to get the flavor to where I want it. Question is, do I need to adjust my...

I purchased a kit last July and never got around to brewing it. It was for a spiced holiday ale. Question is, how long are grains good for once they have been crushed? They have been stored in a cool, dark cupboard in a sealed ziplock bag the entire time. Is it worth my time to even attempt to...

Makes sense. Thanks!

Found a Boston Lager clone kit from Rite Brew. The recipe is: .5lb Caramel Malt 60L Steep 20 minutes at 155F 3lbs Gold DME 60 minute boil 3lbs Pilsen DME 60 minute boil 1oz Tettnanger hops 60 minute boil 1oz Tettnanger hops 30 minute boil .5oz (use 1/2 of pkg.) Hal. Tradition...

So I'm using star San for the first time, and I mixed as instructed (1 oz to 5 gals water), and then poured the solution from my primary into a bottling bucket so that I could fill my primary, and there was some bubbles left behind in the primary. Almost like I had used dish soap. Is this...

So, probably a dumb rookie question....I've done a few extract batches so far, however they have all been pre-hopped extracts or beer kits. I'm interested in trying a batch with un-hopped extract and actually adding my own hops. I keep reading (on here and in How To Brew) that the hops get...

Thanks for the feedback. I will let them sit in the fridge for a few weeks and see if the additional time helps at all. Stay tuned...

Just opened the first bottle on a new batch. Bottled with carb tabs, then 3 weeks on bottle and another 5 days in the fridge. When I open and pour, beer has a decent head and tastes fairly carbed for about 5 mins, then starts losing carbonation fairly quickly. Ideas?

Perfect, thanks for the feedback!

It seems like Star San is the most popular on the forums, but I read one review that said it isn't safe on plastic. I do all my brewing in 6.5 gallon plastic buckets, so this becomes an important factor. Is Star San safe to use on plastic? If not, what no-rinse santizer do you recommend?

Dumb question, but based on what I have read (and the few batches I've done), there is always a thin layer of sediment on the bottom of the bottles of home brew. Why do commercially brewed beers not have this same issue? Is it related to the larger size of the batches?

So if I use frozen strawberries, do I need to thaw them out and cook them to pasteurize before putting them in the fermenter? Or do I just dump them in frozen?

Thanks for the feedback, all. You confirmed what I thought was the case (that hopped LME need not be boiled). I'm about 2 days from bottling a batch of Nut Brown Ale, and getting kind of antsy (sp?) to have a taste!