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What do you think would happen if you pitched a hefe yeast (wlp300) into a 44 degree wort that was suppose to be a helles and then a couple days later pitched white labs bock (wlp833)? Would the helles yeast still ferment out a clean lager or would the hefe yeast have some activity and give off...

Bru'n water predicted I would need 13.97 ml of phosphoric acid to bring my pH down from 7.7 to 5.5 for sparging. I added 10 ml and my pH meter that I just calibrated is reading like 3.5. My mash pH was lower than expected with a smaller acid addition than it predicted also. I am thinking I may...

I plan to brew 3-4 five gallon batches for my wedding. I plan to do a rye pale ale with columbus and cascade and a brown ale for sure. I also want an ipa and I am considering a pliny clone or the final version of blazing world from the mad fermentationist. The 4th batch will be something very...

I only had a 3 gallon keg available today and my wheat needed to be transferred. I kegged the 3 gallons and filled up a 3 gallon carboy with a little more thank 2.5 gallons of the wheat. The wheat is spiced with coriander and bitter orange peel and fermented with us05. It is a "test" batch for...

For most of my batches I have lifted the kettle and dumped the entire amount into the bucket/carboy. If I was using whole hops or not filtering with some sort of mesh in the kettle I would normally pour through a colander. Normally now I will leave all hops in some sort of boiling bag so the...

I read all about all of the techniques for getting this stuff over my barbs before starting and I am still having trouble. After about an hour tonight I only have 3 out of 4 of the keg side connections on and none of the connections off the tail piece. Two of the 3 that I actually have on are...

The Dayton homebrew club has a competition every month called the rockit cup. This month the recipe is an alt. Its actually a weyermann dark munich II and hallertau smash. It turns out to be 10 lbs dark munich and 4 oz FWH hallertau with wyeast 1007. Its my first smash, how do you guys think it...

Making a 1.080 stout with nottingham yeast. Am I better off making a starter or just pitching the 1 packet? I know 2 packets are ideal but I dont feel like going back out to get another packet.

When transferring any beer where I have a lot of trub, especially a lot of hop material, I frequently get a stuck siphon. Restarting a siphon or a siphon struggling to continue seems to introduce a lot of oxygen. I have noticed this oxidation in some of beers and it really kills the hop flavor...

I currently have a dual body regulator hooked to my tank and wanted to add 2 more lines so I can 4 beers on gas. I bought the 2 way co2 splitters from keg cowboy, but I not sure of the best way to install them. http://www.kegcowboy.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=192 I am...

Ordered some supplies from keg cowboy a week or so ago. I added a couple hose clamps to the order and when they got here they were different than others I had used. I cannot figure out how to tighten these things. I emailed them and have not got a response back yet so I thought I would ask here...

I have been through 2 drills in the past 6 months on my barley crusher. First I tried the only drill I had which was a rechargeable one. It barely had enough power but eventually died. I then took an old electric drill from my dad. It had to be at least 30 years old, maybe even older. It crushed...

I bought a kegging system from keg connection a few months ago. Since then I have put common room esb, a black ipa, and an ipa with mostly maris otter on tap. The esb was not that great post fermentation but the other 2 had a great hop aroma and flavor when sampled before putting it in the keg...

I just got done transferring a black ipa with 1.5 ounce of whole amarillo and 1.5 ounce each of citra/simcoe pellets dry hop and the same amount added with a minute left in the boil. I was suppose to get around 4 gallons at the end but probably barely got 2.5 and maybe less. I started with 4.5...

After trying to contact the local water department and getting no help, I decided to send in my water to ward lab. I tried brewing a couple lighter highly hopped beers and never got a good result so i thought something might be up. This was the result: Beavercreek, OH Sodium, Na 23...

I wanted to brew a 5 gallon batch of beer based on Stone 11th. I just added some citra to the hops to the recipe and lowered the gravity some. How do you think it will turn out? Amount Item Type % or IBU 11.50 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 89.98 % 0.64 lb Carafa III (525.0...

I just bottled two versions of my imperial stout I brewed about 2 months ago. One was bourbon oaked and one was normal. I decided not add more yeast to this at bottling. I didnt think two months was that crazy long to require additional yeast. The beer is right around 9%. How long do you think...

I brewed a ESB a week ago and used whirlfloc for the first time. When I opened the fermenter I saw this. It doesnt taste sour or bad at all and it actually looks like break material more than anything but it still got me worried because I have never seen this before. What do you guys think...

I moved to Beavercreek a few months ago and have been searching for a water analysis and this is all I have found. http://www.co.greene.oh.us/saneng/forms/Water_Quality_Report_2007.pdf I called the city water dept and spoke with the head of the lab and he was unable to provide me with the...

I am really tempted to buy a 55lb sack of maris otter in a bulk buy going on here but I wanted to see if the price is appropriate. Crisp maris otter is selling for $54 (98 cents/lb) and rahr 2 row is 34.25 (69 cents/lb)for 50 lbs. I know there are other threads about this but I couldnt really...