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Hi again found my own answer after some more searching on the forum http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html Mr malty yeast calculator is a tool that takes out some of the guess work.

Hello, I have been home brewing on and off for a while and have moved to recently to one gallon batches (more brewing , less alcoholism) i twice washed the yeast from my last batch there appears to be 1/2 oz of solid yeast on the bottom of a half qt mason jar and the beer+ wash liquid on top...

I bought some PBW and will be watching the grain dust for my all grain batches from now on. I have an extract Nut brown ale 11 days in the smell out of the airlock is great. Thanks again.

i have not boiled the water i use to top off. i am going to start.

i spend allot of time cleaning everything inside the tubes and siphon and wand are the most difficult. i am going to replace the tubing more often it is kinda cheap. the taste was so bad i wondered it i grabbed a bag of easy clean instead of priming sugar. yes, infection but only on...

it takes a while to cool the wort 30min + i keep the lid on the only stir or shake is when i aerate before pitching the yeast. and i do top off to correct gravity with tap. i replaced my autosiphon and tube just before the second batch. the coincidence is too big for me to think that its...

the best way to describe the flavor was bitter vomitish and worse.

for cleaner just dish detergent on the fermenting buckets. i have used oxy-clean on the tubes.

the first batch was not good on bottling day. (but not vomit) the second batch tasted like beer.

i chill the kettle with an ice bath the first batch was in march and i packed snow around the (outside) of the kettle after my ice melted. so after the first batch infection i thought maybe i got some snow melt on the lid or in the kettle but i was careful. and i use starsan at 1 oz for 5...

I was expecting 1.015 to 1.010 so the FG 's were seemed good. they were beyond bad. none of the off flavors i have read about cover it one sip and you want to vomit. i am going to invest in a thermometer for sure.

Despite my username i have been home brewing less that a year and have had extract success with a variety of kits. I tried an all grain recipe for a pale ale biab and had gushers and beer that was more than vile undrinkable.(this one smelled sketchy even out of the airlock.) then i did...