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I didn't boil the yeast but I did boil the nutrient and it boiled over. The damn thing doesn't have any krausen or residue from it. I can see activity in the flask but there is no Krausen just what looks like a yeast cake. Did I miss the entire fermentation? or did I just really mess it up? Also...

First time using a yeast starter and I think I jacked it up. I started it on Friday around 10 and it hasn't really had a real god kick off on the fermentation. I followed the instructions and it said to put the dme and the yeast nutrients in the boil. My apt has been around 72 degrees I...

What is yalls favorite yeast to use for each different style of beer?

ok thanks guys for the quick response. I'm brewing a northern brewer caribou slobber as my first beer. I did a initial gravity reading after i chilled the wort and it was high at least i think at 1.092 and just did another reading and it was at 1.022. is this correct or am I messing this up. and...

had it around 66 had it wrapped in a towel that was soaked in water

Thanks man. any reason why the process is faster or slower? just depends on the yeast?

so this is my first beer. I thought the brewing process went very well. The initial brew date was a week ago. When i pitched the yeast it started bubbling within 3 hrs and I thought it was pretty good sign but then 2 days later bubbling stops and the krausen started to drop back into the beer...