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Let's talk about cooling strategies. I've got my carboy in a plastic tub of water, but the ambient temperature of the apartment is high enough that it gets to around 76 (tub temp) if I'm not careful, and 70 overnight if I've put some ice in the tub. I can keep it at 62-66 (the temp I want) if I...

I didn't actually measure the FG of my beer until I had already added the priming sugar--it had been four weeks, so I'm not all that concerned about bombs. The FG reading post-priming was 1.010 (Rogue Pacman yeast is pretty thorough). What would my pre-priming FG be? Basically the same? I added...

Has anyone tried using a KitchenAid (or any other stand-up mixer) to make a yeast starter? If I sanitize the bowl and the whisk attachment, could I just whisk the yeast with the starter wort for while and pitch? How long do you generally stir the starter for? Currently making pizza with a...

Long time reader, first time poster. I just opened my fermentation closet this evening and one of the bottles had seemingly exploded. I didn't actually see/hear it, but there's shattered bottle glass all over the place, so I'm worried. Basically, today was a record high (90 degrees in New...