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i like lagers, so thats why i have a lot of s-23 around. my pantry is unheated and against an outside wall. In the winter, it's maybe 3-4 degrees above freezing.

hey, so what i thought was coopers is actually from some random kits. they say "brewing yeast 514" on them. i'm guessing strain 514? and the jars of what i thought were notty and s-04 are actually all s-23. and i just realize this in the middle of the boil. so is this '514' stuff worth anything?

Thanks, ale sounds like a good idea, since it's too warm to attempt to lager anything.

Hi all, i'm cleaning out my pantry and here is what I have: 1Kilo of Muntons medium Spray Malt 0.25Kilo of Muntons Light Spray Malt 1.1Kilo of corn sugar The fridge has: 25g Cascade pellets 6.0%AA 25G Hallertau pellets 3.7%AA Nottingham Safale S-04 (maybe S-05, cant remember - im...

I'm in Cornwall now. Grew up in Stratford.

Hey, another PEI'er. you'll be fine with the 30L one. put all 23L in.

I went to home hardware yesterday and got 25' of piping, some hose and fitting. I hand coiled the chiller while i was racking and boiling jars for yeast washing. I also went around to a few of the home brew shoppes looking for dry extract and some hops.. seems they're all out so is settled...

Doesn't the brewhouse offer an american lager? i coulda swore i read about rice being in it. I usually use Festa Dry stuff with an extra 1/4 kilo of Light DME, Medium DME or sugar (depending on what I have nearby). I lager it for a month or more and it keeps my friends happy while i drink my...

...and the yeast is doing its yeast thing. The bucket it now in the back of a closet until the weekend when i have timeto rack it. then to another closet that is against an outside wall - its about 10C in there - for a monnth or so.

hey, i took one last temp and gravity reading before hitting the z's. 80F, 1.048 with the temp correction, which is a little low of the 1.056 estimated.. no worries as i messed up my ingredients. i pitched the slurry anyway. i have a backup sachet in case it doesnt work. I'm making a simple...

Well, i ran out of time tonight. it's currently 10pm and my wort is at 90F. I have to sleep sometime soon. Its currently sitting in the fermenter right now. Is it safe to leave it without yeast overnight? I had it in the sink with cold water for a while, but dishes needed to be done. Am i...

Thanks for the help FlyGuy. the local shops are far from the best for specefic ingerdients. But the festa/brewhouse kits are always fresh. I was one step away from either throwing the bucket in a colloer colset or rigging a blowoff. It wenst nuts yesterday. I could actually see everything...

<rant> I've made about half the festa kits. 10ish in total. Yes, they are amazing. i've hacked the dry/low carb one until there is no tomorrow. I'm actually sipping on a continintial pilsner as i type this (and have a pale ale in primary). The reason i made this almost SMaSH is there is not...

SO i jsut finished putting it in the bucket. 23Litres and at 1.042. Not too bad for a first attempt at this kind of thing. only problem is the beer store only got 4 bags of 500g light spray malt, so i used one bag of medium. :mug:

alright, there is a kink in my plan. Their shipment didn't arrive this week due to the weather in ontario. He's setting aside what i wanted so i cna pick it up monday. 4x 25g packs of saaz pellets 5x bags of light spray malt and to think that all this stemmed from me looking for a cheap...

k, just didn't know if i was aiming for a certian temp above 100. cool

i've read up on the smash recepies, but im not any good at converting AG to extract. ordering would defeat the purpose of the impulse buy, but i bet they can once if figure out what i'm doing. how does this sound: 5 gallon batch 2.5 kilos of muntons light spray malt 1oz saaz for 60min...

yeah, it's the brew on impulse im working on. I just learned that i have 3 days off this weekend, so I want to make the best of it. I'm going to make a festa kit or two plus whatever i can do with that spraymalt and hop if it can end up drinkable.

So the HBS arond here focus on wine, festa and brewhouse mostly. there is a full selection of muntons and morgans cans as well. The cans have a 'pop can' taste to them that i am not a fan of. The only HBS that has malt and hops is limited to muntons spraymalt and sazz pellets. huge seletion...

That was first thought too.:mug: