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  1. J

    argh! insect in my wort :-(

    After a long brew day I had left my wort in the brew pot in the fermenting fridge to finish cooling to pitch temp. Pulled it out at 9:30pm and was getting ready to transfer into the carboy when I saw one little dead insect "doing the backstroke." After some cursing and internal debate I...
  2. J

    Pitching temp vs fermenting temp: when to transition?

    Last night i pitched a vial of WLP029 directly into my fermentor, wort was at 72F. The instructions on the vial say to make sure you are above 70F until the yeast starts to work. The recipe I'm using says to brew with WLP029 at 68F. My airlock started bubbling after about 10 hours, but i...
  3. J

    Proper yeast volume for 2.5 gallon batches?

    I've done 4 batches at the 2.5 gallon size, mainly because I was gifted with a Mr Beer set but never liked their stuff, so I got a 3 gallon better bottle. I had trouble with my first two batches tasting extremely yeasty, even months later. I realized I had halved all the ingredients in my...
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