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Fantastic! I will start fermenting a lower temps. I'm purchasing a Rancho right now.

The White Labs website states the California ale yeast has a optimum fermentation temperature og 68-73°F. I was just shooting for the middle. What benefits would I get from a lower fermentation temperature? And is that just for a steam beer?

I brewed something similar to Anchor Steam using WLP001 California Ale Yeast without a starter. My mash temperature was a little high at 157, I failed to sufficiently aerate to wort prior to pitching the yeast. The primary fermentation temperature was a constant 70 degrees. My OG was 1.060...

Hello, I purchased a corny keg yesterday and the gas key plug assembly was so tight that I needed to use a liquid penetrate to loosen it. Now my keg still smells of the liquid penetrate oil after soaking in oxyclean and PBW overnight. Does anyone have any ideas as to how to completely...

I did not make a starter. This is my first attempt at home brewing. I am fairly confident I did not aerate the wort sufficiently before pitching the liquid yeast. I also had my fermentation temp a little low at 65 degrees. After looking at WhiteLabs site and their recommendation of 68-75...

I dumped the Star San before introducing the wort to the bucket.

Hello, I pitched my yeast about 20 hours ago and still yet to see any fermentation activity. I am worried that the 3 gallons of Sar Stan I left soaking in the fementation bucket for an hour may have killed the yeast. Is that possible?

Thank you for your replies! I added my last two hop additions with 15 and 5 minutes remaining in the boil. I pitched the yeast exactly 12 hours ago @ 70 degrees in a plastic bucket and now I'm just hoping to see some activity soon.

Hello, I ended up boiling my wort from 6.5 to 4.5 gallons over 80 minutes. What impact will this have on the finisheded product? I added half a gallon of bottled spring water to the cooled wort to compensate for the volume boiled off. Did I make a big mistake by adding and/or not boiling the...