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I use untappd (yes, no e). Great database.

Not too much grief. Decided to start over. Didn't want to take the risk.

I have the same situation. A big stainless conical (80 gallons) and an aquarium chiller (Red Sea 1/3 HP). Both were more or less free, so I'm trying to figure out how to make this work for fermenting. I know that the conical is huge considering the fact that i'm only doing 12 gallon batches...

It was going pretty good. I used anti foam when boiling the wort, but it still had definite activity. It had probably been going for15 hours by then.

It looks fine. I was going to brew tomorrow morning. But I don't know how long it takes a starter to show signs of contamination. Don't want to find out that i pitched some bad bugs and ruined the beer. but it looks fine?? smells like yeast.

I made a starter last night with WL Pale 001 (2 vials, 2.5 liters for 12 gallons of ipa with starting gravity of 1.060, intermitant shaking. I think I did this right). I sterilized everything but forgot to sterilize the foil covering the flask. I'm a little weary of the foil anyway but tried...

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I apologize for hijacking this thread, but it had just the info i needed. I cut a piece of grain sock and zip tied it to the end of the racking cane. I'm using a siphon starter style with the black tip, and it worked well. Very little hops/sediment came through. I'm still a noob, and...

I'm bottling, so i'm thinking that cold crashing might be a bad idea. I like the hop sack idea. I'm going to give it a try. I dry hopped with pellets. I think i can live with whatever gets through. next time i dry hop I think that i'm gonna put the pellets or whole cones in a sack first and...

I dry hopped my ipa which is in secondary and ready to bottle, but a lot of the hops are still floating, and others have settled out. when i tap on the carboy, some of the floaters start to sink. I'm afraid I'm gonna get a bunch of these guys when i rack into the bottling bucket. any tips...

I'm just getting into homebrewing, and keep coming up with questions. I'm big into ipa's and pale ales. lucky to have firestone just a few miles up the road, and a good local homebrew supply. Thanks for having me! Shane