Recent content by computerized_mind

Well, I repitched last night and I've got some activity on the first batch, I wanted to give the second batch another day before I try anything. I have no idea how much is in there, the blowoff could have sucked in a fair amount. There was fluid in the lines of both of them.

Thanks Kaconga I appreciate it.

Beer is mostly water, if you start off with better water you will end up with better beer. If you have the water to do it I say go for it.

The recipe is a partial with two cans of LME in each batch there's plenty of fermentable sugar in there. I'm not concerned with the recipe at all. The reading I took on the 48hr batch shows no movement. I apologize I was using rehydrated and starter interchangeably but I meant a 2 pack...

We're at 67 degrees and I rehydrated two packs per batch in starters and pitched that; they were healthy. I've worked with all ingredients and equipment (except the blow off) before with no issues. The only extraneous variable here is the SM. What I need to know is does this stuff degas at any...

It's like a volcano only with beer. Let's assume it is the sm that toasted the yeast. I'm not near home right now so I can't give you specifics but I'm thinking it was something along the lines of bry-97 ale least. There is a ton of fermentables in there; og was around 1.055 I've done a few...

So, I've been brewing for a while now but I decided to change things up the other day and may have made a bit of a mistake. After having a close call and one beer-cano, I decided to switch to a blow off for two of my carboys. I figured if I'm putting on my big boy pants then it's time to go...