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Using the calculator at Mrmalty.com it looks like I will be good with one pouch of the liquid Wyeast as long as I put together a starter. Sounds good. Can't wait to brew it up! Thanks again for the replies!

Thanks for the recommendation, uniondr. I'm not too familiar with the style so your suggestion is much appreciated. Just to clarify, the Wyeast will be of the liquid variety. I imagine this may negate the need for 3 pouches? I'll check it out at the site that you mentioned, BamaRooster...

Hey everyone, I'm planning to brew the following english strong ale recipe, from a kit, in a week or so: Specialty Grain .5 lbs english dark crystal .25 lbs english medium crystal .25 lbs pale chocolate Fermentables 6.3 lbs gold malt syrup 1 lb briess light golden DME 1 lb corn...

I had a very similar "infection" in my 3rd batch, a couple of months ago. I lost all sorts of sleep over it, but in the end I racked from under the muck too, and found that the bounty was actually really good. I still have a growler to go on that batch and I'm looking forward to opening it...

Thanks, Phunhog, these are extract batches. I tried a yeast starter with the bourbon barrel porter, with the thought that it would help out in the overall fermentation process. I am thinking of going partial mash or AG in the future, especially if extract recipes really are expected to bottom...

I have had my last two batches bottom out at 1.020 in terms of a final gravity reading. They are both still in the primary. One is a smoked porter (og was 1.062) and the other is a bourbon barrel porter (og was 1.065). I hope to transfer the bourbon barrel porter to secondary in the next...

Thanks for the replies. I'm going to go ahead and bottle straight from the primary. Unfortunately, I broke my first hydrometer last week trying to measure a sample from the latest batch (luckily nothing broken came anywhere close to the kettle or the carboy), a bourbon barrel porter I am...

I've got a peat-smoked porter made from an extract kit in the primary (using a bucket as primary wiht this one). OG was 1.062. This is the 4th batch that I've attempted and everything has gone into a secondary (carboy) so far with fairly good results (I still think my impatience is getting the...