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I use half a packet for each batch... Then cold crashed for a day in my fridge.. not sure of the temp.. I'll take a reading tomorrow with my thermometer.. last batch I made I did the same thing, same yeast but different recipe, and didn't get that reaction....I guess that can Still change a lot...

I went ahead and bottled it yesterday.. I cold crashed for 2 days and the foam stay and really didn't seem like it was going to dissipate.. I'll let ever know how they turned out in about 2 weeks

I rehydrated both

So say it's yeast rafts.. Will they drop or so I just syphin around them... Never had that happen before.

I didn't realize I could post pics from my phone ... Here they are

No photos now... I'll try and post some tomorrow. Just smells like beer

I've got 2 one gallon batches brewing.. one red ale and the other a summer wheat.. I used dried Nottingham for both and both of these have a strange foam forming on the top and sides of the carboy... I opened up the red ale because the foam clogged up my airlock.. so I sanatized a spoon and push...

Good call... Thanks! I'll fill everyone in when I do it

Thanks for all the help guys. As for the bottling is everything ok there. Does it make sence to bottle and then put the bottles in the fridge to stop c02 production or am I asking for a bottle bomb?

As this would be my first time using champagne yeast I am not committed to using it.. any other stains of yeast you would reccomend for this batch.. Nottingham maybe? Sorry.. still very muuch a noob haha.. And as for the mango sugar. Would you suggest I just leave out priming sugar ? And...

I read champagne yeast for cider during one of my my early internet searches when i got interested in making cider and I've read of other kinds being used but i thought this would be interesting.

So i've brewed about 6 or seven beers, last 2 being 1 gallon batches opposed to 5. I want to switch it up a little and do a cider for my girlfriend (and myself) and I'm thinking a mango cider. I done some reading over the past couple days but I'm finding hard to find information that doesn't...

I'm not sure what type of yeast it was now.. It was the one the Lhbs gave me with the kit.. As for temp control I bought a couple of those stick on thermometers and have had very little success getting a reading from them. I've been very careful to keep the temp. In my apartment the same...

welcome from another fellow newfie and newbi. I too remember sampling some fine newfie homebrew when i was younger. I'm now base in nova scotia and just started brewing. best of luck to you and happy brewing!

Hey, I've already posted a question but i also though I'd pop in here for a proper hello. I'm new to brewing but it's something I've been wanting to do for a long time. Me and my girlfriend were out when we seen a Mr. Beer kit and I told her it's something I'd like to get into and we looked...