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My first Belgian.

As far as rep itching goes I only have some some US05. What's the rule on mixing yeast strains?

I brewed a strong winter ale extract kit with an OG of 1.086 I didn't have time to make a starter so I pitched two vials of WL dry English ale yeast. My FG is supposed to be 1.017 but after three weeks its stopped at 1.030. Is there anything I can do to get this to finish?

So I had a stone imperial Russian stout awhile back that had a nice licorice after taste. I'm about to brew a strong winter that I would like to add this to. Any ideas?

That's really my question I suppose will any off flavors carry over onto my beer?

Ok so since it's going to be in the 80's in NY a mini-swamp cooler is in order to keep it around 68. Sound right.

Wondering if I have to keep my starter at the same temp I plan to pitch at?

Don't mean to be a pain but I understand primary fermentation. I'm really new to brewing I have done 4 and 1/2 extract kits. I've never done a " big beer " just trying to figure out if I need to buy a 5 gal carboy and do my first secondary to age this beer or if I would have the same results...

I understand racking into a secondary I guess I was confused by the wording "2 stage fermentation " and I want to know how long I can leave a big beer on the yeast cake without any adverse effects.

Reading the instructions it says " rack into a secondary for 2-3 months. " can I not secondary? I'm not opposed to it I just haven't done it yet.

Does this mean I'm pitching a starter halfway through? Would say a 2 liter starter instead of 1 do the same? Or does this refer to a secondary fermentor? Sorry if this is a silly question I'm planning brewing NB's imperial stout kit and wondering if this means I have to buy a 5 gallon carboy.

I'm making a black ipa extract kit from AHS with an est. OG of 1.067 using wyeast 1056. This will be my first starter and I'm unclear as to how big it should be. I don't have any brewing software nor do I plan on buying any soon, so if someone has some help that would be great.

Just had a Breckinridge vanilla porter this weekend and would like to brew something like it. Anyone know a good extract recipe or clone kit?

I've used a 1 gal paint bag over the end of my racking cane. Sanitized of course.

Cool thanks I didn't think so but I figured I'd make sure.