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Just mist them with water, toss them into a plastic sandwich baggie, and put them in a box. That is how mine come via mail order.

I have had some decent luck growing them in a long lateral along a 4' wooden fence. I run my twine from the base, up at 60 degree angles for 4' (two twine in each direction), then spread along the top rail of the fence for around ten feet in both directions. This seems to be hit and miss so...

Sounds like things worked out. How do you like it? I can't see the pics, is it cloudy/hazy with a lot of yeast? Congrats, PikledBill

I had to go back and check to be sure...look at page 194. Most Trappist breweries centrifuge or extend lagering times to remove yeast, then add fresh back during bottling. If I recall correctly, yeast added back is generally from primary fermentation crop. Recall that many Trappist beers (not...

no need for salt in the ice bath...a regular old ice bath works well enough. It will cool better with salt, but you don't need it...and it adds additional expense for little gain. Cheers, PikledBill

Get it cooled down by moving it to the cold room...too sudden a temp drop can send the yeast into stress. Fast cooling can cause them to put off some strange flavor compounds. You may have to condition in the bottle a little longer to get the beer to clean up. I have made pretty undrinkable...

see: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/beer-intestinal-gas-135066/

Flo, Sorry about the continually changing post, I was reading earlier posts in the thread as you were responding. I am reversed on time, so I am not used to folks being on line when I post...and, I forget it is Sat/Sun. Good luck. PikledBill

Jason, All is well, your plan looks good. The problem with just saying "sure, add 5 gallons" is that I don't know how vigorous you boil. The "average" boil-off considers a roiling boil for 60 minutes...I have seen brewers that cook on a stove that will barely get their wort to a boil. They...

All depends on the pitch rate, pitching temp, OG...a decently designed starter should yield visible activity within 24 hours...mine generally get going overnight (within 8 hours). Cheers, PikledBill

Jason, I did not read the entire thread link you posted...just the first few lines that suggested it involved "to secondary, or not to secondary". Ar eyou trying to make the decision regarding whether to transfer to a secondary or not? Or, how long to leave in the primary? Both? Cheers...

There is nothing wrong with this approach. A suggestion would be to put the beer into your fermenter, then add the block of ice. Once it is all cooled, shake it up before taking a gravity reading. I used to do something similar and it worked well. Good luck. PikledBill

SG is important right now. You need to be checking it every few days once you think the fermentation is nearly finished. Your beer is ready to bottle when two consecutive gravity readings are consistent (no change). Check gravity, then again in 2-3 days. Keep doing this until there is no...

You have not ruined your beer. You have done nothing catastrophic that requires and/or even justifies dumping it. Let it sit for two weeks, then taste it again. If it still is not pleasing, let it sit a month and retaste. If still not pleasing, give it another month...it will probably smooth...

JM, A lot of good advice for you in here. Can you provide a few more bits of information? How did you pitch...did you use a starter? Was this a partial mash, or did you steep the grains? Additional info regarding the partial mash/steep will help...specifically, amount/volume of...

A little more info may help troubleshooting (if any is needed). Recipe, procedure, yeast, OG, will help. Was it at 1.04 after two days, or after 6? Lots of folks will gladly help, but just need a little more information. Cheers, Pikledbill

If it tastes good you did it right!!! If your gravity readings were stable, then it is time to bottle... Nothing wrong with a 7 day primary...you can wait until fermentation has nearly finished (or finished completely) though if you want. Or, don't rack at all. It is up to you. Folks...

yes...add a splitter at one regulator outlet and run two lines from it...you can even get away with a three-way from one regulator - if you want to add another corney. Get yourself some soapy water in a spray bottle...identifies leaks rather quickly (if your lines leak like mine did)...

Just to be clear here: you added two 15 serving containers (total of 13 oz)? I took the totals listed and multiplied them by 30 (for two containers of 15 servings each)...Is this correct? If this is the case, you added 30 grams of sugars (~1 oz), 150 grams of protein (~5 oz), 45 grams of...

yup...~70+ = banana republic