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cool thanks everyone

would like to know myself. the OG was nothing outrageous (1.065) and I used one smack pack of trappist yeast without a starter. I have used the same yeast in the same amount of wort before with no problems. The only difference this time is that I did use much more candy sugar in this particular...

hey guys. this is the 5th batch of beer I have brewed and I have always done all grain. I usually do 3-3.5 gallon batches and do my primary fermentation in a 5 gallon glass carboy topped with a 3 piece airlock. I brewed this batch monday evening and by very early tuesday morning it was bubbling...

awesome! thanks for the info. is there a maximum amount of times you can re-slant like this? Will the yeast eventually get to a point where it is too mutated from the original strain to use?

very glad that I came across this thread. i have been wanting to culture yeast somehow so I dont have to keep buying fresh yeast for every brew and this seems like the best method. but I do have a question. Say i make 5 slants from one fresh yeast culture. If I want healthy first generation...

Hi everyone. I am a young and ambitious brewer who dove right into all grain and had a quick question. How much yeast is too much? I started off making 3 gallon batches and will be making my first 5 gallon batch next week. But will 1 tube of liquid yeast pitched into 3 gallons of wort yield the...

Hey everyone. I would love to try brewing some root beer but have some questions. I understand the process of making the root beer but get confused when it comes to carbonation and storage. I have been reading that when carbonating with yeast you have to quickly cool the root beer in order to...