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Got it. Thanks! Having "Make a Starter" tattooed on the back of my hand as I type this.

Yep, understand that now. But the question really is what I should do about my fermentation now that I've pitched a propagator instead of an activator.

I brewed a Stout yesterday with a Wyeast London 1028 Propagator smack pack instead of dry yeast. Here's the thing. I read the directions on the smack pack, and some online at a brew supply place about the smack pack that seemed to be conflicting. Smack pack says to make a starter, but what I...

I'm brewing a Red Ale.

Hi, I brewed a batch on 11/2, but am about to leave town on business for a few weeks. I decided NOT to do a secondary fermentation, so I'm wondering how long it's "safe" to leave the beer on the yeast in the primary before I have to worry about off flavors? It will probably be 3 weeks or so...

Thanks for the response. One more question. After reading some other posts I'm not sure how to handle this. I bought a brewing kit (bucket, carboy, etc.) from a homebrew store. The recipe they gave me tells you to ferment in the bucket provided (with spigot). Isn't that the bottling bucket...

Hello. I brewed a batch of Red Ale this past Sunday. It fermented like a charm late Sunday night into Monday night. Tuesday morning I noticed the airlock was filled with blow off (beer, yeast, foam). I took the airlock out, cleaned and sanitized it then replaced it as it was before (water...