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I'm trying to harvest some yeast from a bottle of Hacker Pschorr HefeWeizen. I stirred up the sediment from the bottom of the bottle and put it in a small starter (1 cup with yeast nutrients) 4 days ago and haven't see anything happen. This is my first time trying to harvest yeast from a...

When should I stop draining my mash tun? My mash tun is a 10 gal rectangular cooler with a stainless steel braid going to the drain. The drain is the coolers drain. If I leave the tun flat on the counter, there will be a lot of wort left in the bottom. The more of an angle I tip, the...

I'm planning to start a yeast bank this weekend from a smack pack of wyeast. Should I extract the yeast from the smack pack and put it directly into my yeast bank jars, or should I create a starter first, extract the yeast from the starter, and put that into the yeast bank jars? I'm...

I thought I would try to grow some hops, even though I'm very new to brewing. I found two different hop plant types at a local greenhouse. One was called Common and the other was Comet. I haven't been able to find any info about them online in regards to brewing. Does anyone know anything...

I'm pretty new to making beer and would like to get out of the 'kit' stage. So i found a recipe for an IPA in the 'Homebrewing for Dummies' book, and took it to a home brewing store in calgary. They were very helpful in trying to track down what I needed, but in the end they said that the...

Hey I just got into brewing a few months ago. A friend of mine had his dads unused brewing equipment, but no space for it, and I had the space. So we have started brewing together. We have done two kits, Brown Ale and a Pilsner, both from Baron. These kits have the liquid wort instead...