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Is a slurry better than using a starter?

I believe OG will be 1.090.

The yeast supplied is WLP500. They recommend double pitching, but if I do a 2L starter, w/stir plate, then maybe I would be ok. As far as temp control, no ferm chamber yet. My basement ranges from 66-68 F. If I need better control than that, I could build a ferm chamber. The docs on the...

My NB Brickwarmer Holiday Red is about to go into bottles and I'm turning my attention to the next brew. I love Belgian styles and would love to brew a Quad. AHS has an "AHS Belgian Trappist Ale Quadrupel" extract kit that I'm eyeing. Has anyone brewed this? Does anyone think this would be...

Brewed this kit on Sunday. Did a full boil. OG was 1.059. Had really vigorous fermentation about 16 hours after pitching. Still going strong this morning (day 3 of fermentation). I heeded the blow off warnings and used a 6.5 gallon glass carboy with a blow-off tube. I had no blow off...

Just brewed this kit yesterday. OG was 1.059, but I did not calibrate my hydrometer. Pitched yeast last night around 5:30PM. Fermentation going strong as of 11AM this morning.

Good idea! I've got one of those mesh strainers that fit over a 5 gallon bucket. I will use that instead of my lid. Thanks!

Since I'll be outdoors, I'm more worried about something landing in my cooling wort.

Getting back into brewing after a many years away. I upgraded to a 10 gallon brew pot to do full boil extract kits. I'm also intending to use a wort chiller. My question is what is the best (i.e., most sanitary) procedure when working with an immersion chiller outdoors? I'll be doing my boil...