Recent content by HermannWeihs

Thanks for your input! We managed to borrow a packet of Safale US05 from a fellow local brewer so we will save the WLP008 for another beer. I'm inclined to test it anyway for the next brewday, I'll post the results in case anyone has the same situation in the future. Cheers!

Hello all, We have the need to brew a stout but we've run out of the yeast strain we normally use (Safale US05). It is a 5.5% abv dry stout, nothing too complex, we go for medium body and a clean aftertaste. The only yeast that I have left is a packet of WLP008 East Coast Ale yeast from...

Thanks to all for your answers! I found a 40 gal cooler at a really good price, so I will try that and see our results.

I am currently in the process of upgrading equipment, I got a 30 Gal brew kettle (120 L). But since the cost of upgrading the rest of my 5 gal equipment is really high, I was wondering if I could pull off an infusion mash and sparge using 4 10 gal igloo coolers for a 20 gal batch until I get...

This happened to me today with two 7 Gallon batches... My temp controller was displaying a wrong temperature so they were for a week @42 ºF. I will try bringing the temperature up as well and share my results. If that doesn't work... can repitching yeast save my beer? I've never tried it...