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So, I looked through all the FAQs and wiki, and while there's tons of info on relaxing, taking hydrometer readings, generally dealing with no bubbles in your airlock, there's not much on what to do after you finally do determine that no fermentation has taken place (or, I failed to find it)...

I ended up with 4 Mason jars of California Ale yeast from White Labs that I washed from one of my primaries. I've used 3 of them with no problems, great beers. Today I made a starter for my next IPA and opened the jar and it smelled a bit off. Did I wait too long to use this one?

I think my electronic thermometer decided to go nutty on me this morning. When I poured my grain into my cooler with the 170 degree water, I took a temp reading just like I always do. Instead of 150, it said 164. After a few minutes of stirring, it was still at 161 and I was getting...

Hi all, Been brewing for 3 years and have never tried a clone, so I decided to try two of them that use the same yeast. I've also never tried the method of transferring the first beer to secondary and using the yeast at the bottom of my primary for the second wort. I ordered the clone...

I just moved my Mexican Pilsner from primary to secondary and realized I screwed up - the instructions said to bring it up to 60 degrees first for 1-2 days, then transfer. So after transferring, I brought it up to 60-65 degrees for about 36 hours. i'm now cooling it down again. Will it...

(edit: This is about a starter, not a 5 gallon batch of wort) About a year ago I bought a 1L Erlenmeyer flask to make starters in, and I've made one for every brew ever since, regardless of OG. My next brew is a hi-gravity IPA (about 1.080) so I decided to step this one up, something I've...

Hi all, I'm brewing an IPA recipe with White Labs California Ale yeast (WLP001) and because the OG is supposed to be above 1.080 I'd like to take my starter and add more wort before I brew 4 days from now. Okay, mostly I'm doing it because my brew day is 4 days from now and it can't hurt to...

I was just perusing the extremely helpful This Vs. That thread featured in this forum, and I was wondering where B-Brite fits into the sanitizing section? I've been using B-Brite since Day 1 and have yet to have a batch go bad on me, so I'm very happy just continuing to use what I know...

I buy a lot of recipe "kits" from AHBS - basically they just put all the ingredients together for you in the proper amounts, mix all the grain together in one bag, etc - and they always come with a handy little instruction sheet. I noticed that for lagers - I'm doing a Mexican pilsner...

PART 1 - An Stone Ruination IPA clone recipe I'm looking at calls for WLP002 (English Ale) yeast. I just brewed an IPA and I washed the yeast today, so I have 4 Ball jars full of WLP001, their California ale yeast. I'm not that concerned about replicating the EXACT flavor of the Ruination; in...

I brewed the Oktoberfest kit from AHBS, let it sit in primary for 12 days at 50 degrees, then transferred to secondary and brought it down to 40 degrees, where it's been for 3.5 weeks (kit recommends 3-4). I hadn't seen any activity from the airlock for about the last 6 days, so 3 days ago I...

Hi all, I just read the mega-thread on yeast washing and I'd like to save the California Ale yeast that I used in my current IPA. Problem is, it's already in secondary. It seems obvious that using the stuff at the bottom of the primary would be preferable, but since that's not an option, can...

I brewed today. There's just over 4 gallons of wort in the bucket. I forgot to top off. Can I boil some water, let it reach room temp, and carefully pour it in tomorrow morning?? thanks.....

.... and the reason I ask is that, yes, I'm stupid, and made a mistake today. Can I boil a gallon of water tonight, let it reach room temp, and carefully pour it into my primary fermenter tomorrow morning? Currently the airlock is bubbling away happily so fermentation is definitely active (I...

I'm brewing today and have a starter that I prepared 2 days ago. My question is, what's the best way to use this starter tonight AND save the yeast to use another time? I have another Erlenmeyer flask ready to go. Should I take a little bit of the current starter and make another starter...

So, we were supposed to brew tonight, and now can't for reasons too boring to go into. I have a starter that I made about 70 hours ago. The beer we're making (Belgian Dubbel) should have an OG of 1.070. I won't be home for the next 7 days starting early tomorrow morning. Would you: A) Put it...

Okay, so I've moved on to all-grain brewing, but I'm still bottling. Now I'd like to go to kegging primarily because it's hard to find time to bottle and I figure kegging will be at least a little bit quicker. I can afford to pay for a pre-made setup, but the one thing I have to look for is...

I'm hoping this is the right forum for this; it might be more of a beginner thing but... okay. I bought 2 all-grain kits from AHBS. We went with the 2-cooler method of all-grain, and the mash went fine, heating the strike water to 170 and after mixing with our grains we were at 149. It was...

I'm posting this because our second all-grain attempt will be tonight, and I was hoping for advice/reassurance. I bought 2 all-grain kits from AHBS. We went with the 2-cooler method of all-grain, and the mash went fine, heating the strike water to 170 and after mixing with our grains we...

We took all our extra lying-around ingrdients and threw them together, starting gravity was 1.087. (If you're interested, it was 5.15# of DME plus 3.3# of Liquid Gold barley malt). I took a quick reading when I transferred to secondary 10 days later, gravity was 1.035. That was a month ago...