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I've put away some yeast samples in 24ml vials, using 15% glycerin and 85% slurry. Initially, the samples looked really good, but the ones that I've used to re-culture starters have had a lot of dissolved gas which causes them to overflow when they're opened. I've been taking samples from...

I'm running out of stout. The last one I made was just your standard pale ale malt, 10% roasted barley, 10% flaked barley, Irish Ale Yeast. Can't go wrong. I'd recommend it to anyone. So I don't want to change my stout recipe, but I think I might want another stout recipe, and I think I want...

Are there any good ways to determine if MLF has been completed? I inoculated a batch of cider about a month ago with wyeast 4007. The package says that one to three months is the typical time-frame. I don't have any equipment for titration or for measuring pH. I know that I ought to be...

I have a lever corker that I got secondhand. I did three test corks just now, and it mangled all of them. They seem to go in about 3/4 and then the top gets crushed. Some of it is left sticking out with a dent and raised, saw-dusty sides. The corks are #9 medium, natural cork. Is this my fault...

I have the opportunity to get enough malolactic culture for 100 litres cheaper than I can get an amount that would do 19 litres (which is how much cider I have going). I will probably get more regardless of whether or not it is possible to store the extra slurry. Nevertheless, I want to know...

I tried searching around for this, but keywords like "normal" pull a ton of other topics. I feel like every time I look at someone's signature, they've got at least two smoked, oaked, spiced rye beers with two kinds of fruit in them, and often they haven't got anything normal brewing! Now, I...

Argh! I brewed a four gallon 1.080 batch of ale about 6 weeks ago. I was away for about the last two weeks. I returned to my apartment yesterday, I looked in the closet, and I was horrified to see that my airlock wasn't on my fermenter, and that there were some fruit flies hovering about...

Hey, I'm relatively new to brewing, but I've been checking this forum out all the while, and it's been a huge help. I figure I might as well start talking too. I've made two extract batches and one all-grain botch, with one all-grain batch on the way. I hate to admit it, but my first...