Recent content by havinafett

Well like I said I saw no activity, now 24 hours after starting this thread, with the temp around 70 my airlock is still bubbling. Since 70 is still in the recommended temp range for the yeast I'll leave it be and see how it turns out.

I'll check the gravity in a few days as others have suggested. I usually don't check the gravity until at least a week after pitching the yeast. Right now it's still sitting at 70-72º, airlock is still bubbling away happily hours after swirling, so I don't know.

Hey everyone. I brewed my 2nd BIAB all grain batch this past Saturday - Troegs perpetual IPA clone. OG was 1.080 pitched WLP001 with a 1.5 liter starter at around 9PM Saturday night at a room temp in the mid 60s started seeing the airlock bubbling Sunday afternoon/evening pretty...

I'm going to be making an oatmeal stout this weekend from a recipe on a calendar I have: looking at the OG and FG, if it came out exactly as the recipe suggests, the beer would be 2.76% ABV I would like it to be somewhere around 5% so I was thinking about adding some fermentables. To...

Thanks everyone for the input! I ended up making a starter last night around 9 Started with 1L but it ended up being 850ML by the end of the 10 minute boil used 3/4 cup DME To be honest I'm going to have to re-check the production date on the yeast. As far as the OG being low enough to...

Yeast is WL east coast ale yeast. Honestly I haven't really considered the krausen. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Planning on brewing an extract brew Friday night with an OG of 1.048 Will making my yeast starter tonight or tomorrow night make a difference (good or bad)? my first time using a stir plate as well thanks!

Alright, I'm going to let it sit for a week or two in the carboy. all I can do really is wait and see where it goes thanks for the info

Hello everyone First post, second batch. My friend sent me a Northern Brewer Scottish 80 Extract Kit w/ Specialty Grains. Brewed it on Nov 2nd. OG was 1.048. I used Edinburgh Ale Yeast WLP028 which recommends a fermentation temp of 70 degrees. Actual temp reading on the thermometer...