Recent content by klasikrkade

Thanks BigFloyd!

Thanks for the reply. Well the jamil receipes account for 1 gallon of boil off over the 60 minute boils and then 5.5 of the 6 gallons into the fermenter due to trub when racking to primary. I am thinking as glick pointed out that I simply started with too much water and after boil was left...

Awesome thanks much guys. Yes it looked like egg drop soup swirling around in the flask. Even when I try to swirl it still seems to drop out. I just decanted a bit and pitched.

Can I add the DME now that the yeast is already in the fermenter?

I have been using a stir plate now for about a year and typically use a starter with calculations using the mr malty tool. Last night I created a 1 liter starter with 100 grams of dme and 2 vials of white labs 007 dry ale yeast. After keeping the 1000 ml flask on the plate for about 18 hours I...

I having been brewing 7 gallon full boils using recipes in the jamil book "brewing classic styles. All recipes are designed around 7 gallons which after boil off leaves you with 6 gallons in the brewpot. Then 5.5 gallons after racking into the primary. All great. My question is when using the...