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Uhh Ohh...now we have researchers urging regulation of brewers yeast?? Rearchers have figured out how to get yeast to produce morphine, codeine and other similar drugs and have immediately urged regulators to control these drug-brewing yeasts before people start trying to make them at home...

no stir plate yet. I decided to go with a 2L starter and step it up.

I'm brewing a Vienna lager on Sat. with WLP838. LHBS was only able to get 1 vial of yeast so mrmalty says I need a 4.76L starter which translates to 16.9oz DME to 158oz water for a 1.040 starter.(about 1.32 g of wort) Should I go ahead and start this tonight in a 5gallon better bottle? IF I...

it looks like I can see a distinguished layer on top. If I rack and leave behind 1/2g to 1 gallon, I guess it would be lesson learned. I left the blowoff on since the start of fermentation. I'm curious how do you prevent this or airlock fluid and then oxygen from going into fermentor? did I...

I crash cooled and ESB last night down to 40deg with the blowoff tube in about a quart of starsan and water. Just looked and the cooling sucked the starsan into the fermentor.:( Am I SOL or can I draw out of this betterbottle into a keg and hope for the best?? Can't believe I did this.

i'm looking for a solution myself. Considering a http://brewing.lustreking.com/gear/hophanger.html I've also seen BobbyfromNJ's youtube vid on building a hopstopper which looks pretty good.

yea, you could go finer with your crush. Try to get just a little flour and you'll see your efficiancy jump. I'm running a .38 gap on my barley crusher and get 75 to 77% eff. and I know I could tighten the gap even more

Update. Fermentation is active. This one took the usual 12hr lag time as in the past. I was just worried about my water additions. As far as chalk goes, I based it on a London water profile using Bru'n Water spreadsheet. I was just trying to hit a value because that's what it indicated...

I did 1hr on air stone and just for good measure shook for a min. I'm just wondering if the diff. btwn the starter wort and the ESB wort w/water additions shocks the yeast. My final water profile is pretty close to London profile.

If you have an air compressor, I would blow off the rollers. There's usually some fine shaving from the knurling process. I did that along with a paint brush and then ran 1lb of grain thru it.

So I have an AG ESB based on Jamils recipe in the fermentor right now at 65 deg, 6hrs post pitch. I'm using WLP002 with starter (@18hrs). I was totally expecting activity at this point, but there's none. I realize I'm jumping the gun, but I made an Oatmeal stout with same yeast and had some...

Has there been any discussion or thoughts on soil contamination in the cascade region and last years hops crop? Is it a concern?

Still looking for a swap. this hophead needs to try the holy grail of IPA's.

Yea, unfortunatly, I'm 15min from the beach so all the Philly locations are too far to sample and drive home, cause you can't just have one.:D

I've been wanting to try Pliny the Elder for a long time but haven't had the opportunity. Is there any West Coasters that might want to swap a couple bottles of Pliny the Elder for something available here on the East Coast, like Troegs, Souther Tier, Weyerbacher, etc, whatever might suit your...