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Thanks a lot for the feedback guys!

I haven't used this yeast before. I see that the pack recommends that the yeast be rehydrated. My questions is how crucial is this? I have used different dry yeast strains in the past but have never done this suggested method. Am I in trouble if I didn't follow this procedure? Anyone...

Brewing 13 gallons of a pale ale tonight. I will end up with 6.5 gallons in each carboy. Can I go cheep and buy only 1 pack of yeast and just put half in each fermenter? Is this bad practice? I have a couple erlenmeyer flasks, and am working on learning the process of making starters...

Hey guys, I left my immersion chiller in the car last winter and it cracked in a couple spots. They're approximately 1/2 in long gashes. Is there anything I can do to save this, or is it scrap? Thanks

ok, I'll be that guy... any chance of anyone having an extract version of this recipie? thanks in advance

I am using extract with steeping grains thanks for the help

for those of you just using the spary bottle method, how are you sanitizing your glass carboys and tubing? how about when bottling? i have been submerging clean(pbw and a hot rinse) bottles in a 5 gal mix of starsan, draining and filling. Is there room for improvement here? just curious...

hi, I have searched forums for tons of info(this place is my best resource), but I'm about to do my 3rd full boil and had a few specific questions. 1. when steeping grains, i have read to steep them in a smaller pot, remove grain bag, and add steeped water to the rest of the full boil...

thanks for the quick response

just ordered 3lbs of leaf hops from hops direct. i plan on using the food saver to vac seal them down to smaller packages. my question is this... how long before use should i remove hops from the freezer? is there any "dethaw" necessary, or can i just remove and use? thanks

update: i brewed this tonight with the extra light dme. i'm assuming this no longer makes it a wheat right? what would it be classified as? The sample tasted delicious! My OG was a tad lower at 1.046 Really looking forward to this one. this is only my second full boil and i am...

very good, thank you!

I got 6lbs muntons extra light dme. would you say use that over a wheat dme? thanks for the recipe! i'll be sure to let you know how it turns out.

hi, About to do my second full boil. made a 50ft 3/8 chiller that worked like a dream on the first run. I have read to add the chiller for the last 15mins of the boil for sanitation purposes. I did this, however i remember reading different theories about when to actually start the h20...

some help from the midwest!!! gotta love it... I grew up in northern Illinois. so splashing/pouring is a good things at this point, noted. I waited for my wort to cool to below 75* as my yeast called for. This was actually about 8hrs.(my next upgrade in process will be some kind of wort...

Total newb here, on batch #5, with mild success. Started poking around here last night and plowed through some great info. My question is this... i had not read or herd anthing about allowing my wort to cool after my boil is complete. So far i have just been pouring my wort into 3 cold...

Greetings, Stumbled onto this forum last night, what an incredible resource! This internet thing is really catching on...:cool: I have already learned more here in the last 24hrs than i have in 6 months from books and word of mouth. Thanks for all the great info, and i really look...