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Yeast need O2 to do their thing and the more you cand get into the cool wort (not hot) the better. I have an air pump that I use along with a Steel stone ... my problem is I get to much foam with the stone. That my cue to stop the air. Now the geeks out there can tell you ppm in disolved solid...

Everyone seems to have the panties in a bunch on yeast and starters. Yeast have been on earth longer than man and will out live all of use. There are countless cases where yeast have been found 1000's of years old ... yet someone cultures them and make a beer. So, I have a streight formward...

I'm new to homebrewtalk.com but not new to beer making. Have yet to understand all the things in brewtalk that I have at hand. Threads this threads that. Everyone has something to add. Welcome and I hope to see other posting

is it bitterness you want or hop flavor. If it bitterness use a hop like magnum and double up on flavor hops. Magnum or other high alpha acid will give the bitterness and your flavor hops can shine thru.

I use just an air pump and to plastic air stones from pet store. I'll aerate until the foam reaches the top of the bucket. This and stir plate my yeast I'll have active fermentation within hours.

You could make ten vial but what I said is true and can be use to make and yeast starters. I leave out some item only to shorten the answer. More research on your part is needed to inprove your yeast handling ability. I post on another yeast question today.

Regarding different yeast it boils down to these yeast have beer cultured over years of use to eat specific thing in the wort and leave behind taste or no taste. They are just better at it then other yeast. Look at them like people and animals, we all have our mother and father to thank for who...

I'm not new to this, but feel your pain about Mr. Beer. In past have done several of them and come to the conclusion that Mr. beer is doing a dis service to home brew. They use cheap stuff but charge you a lot. Try any number of kit beers form any good home brew supplier.

I'll share what I've done. My best trick to getting good cheap yeast is to buy a bottle of commercial beer that has been bottle conditioned. Start with a 1 cup DME pre-hopped, boil it with 1 to 2 cup of water, cool to room temp. Now keep clean, I use a beaker and a foam stopper but is past a...

In the last two years I've done a nuber of ginger beer. The last one was around 3% and I had to pasteurize it because i wanted it sweet. nice beer and the just sweet enough. I only use real ginger and I grind it and boil it in with a low gravity beer hopped light. enjoy and a book "home brewer's...

Has anyone attempted to split a batch of beer at bottling time and alter half the batch. Im thinking of altering a batch at bottling time be adding a hope tea to half of the batch. Going for two different beers.

Made a black larger today.:mug::mug: