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Before I got a plate chiller I used to do the same thing. I used a cheap, like $7 submersible water fountain pump from harbor freight and a stock tank. The tank is used to water livestock and is available at a tractor supply for around $30. I got one about the size of the bathtub my wife no...

Should be around 1.045

I'm doing 2 brews this weekend and ordered my grain bill online . I ordered enough to do a 10 gallon batch and a 5 gallon batch of the same beer. I ordered only 1 vial of yeast to save money. Can I grow enough yeast by Sat. to do my 15 gallons of beer, and if so how should I go about it?

I think amandad summed it all up for me. My original goal was to re brew beers and taste the old to compare but the bug bit me and I had to make all different types of beer.

I've been brewing for almost a year now. I try and save 1 beer from each brew and bottle from my keg. I label and put away in my pantry, way back in the dark. My question is the first is coming up on one year old now. Should I start drinking some of these or just forget about them and keep them...

Sorry about the repost I didn't think it came through the first time.

As I wrote the first post I realized I goofed.yesterday when I made a starter with 2 cups of water and one half a cup of DME, I forgot to add water to bring my volume up to half a gallon. Today I added the water in swirled. I hope this hasn't harmed my yeast.

As I wrote my original post I realized I goofed. I made a starter of 2 cups of water with 1/2 cup of dme boiled and forgot to add top off water to volume. I made this yesterday as I said. This morning I just added enough water to bring my volume up to 1/2 gallon or so. I hope I didn't ruin it.

I am brewing a nut brown tonight and my estimated fg will be in the 5.5-6 range. I made a small yeast starter yesterday afternoon of about half a liter. I don't have a stir plate. I have been swirling it constantly. Is it ok to pitch this young starter and should I cool to decant first or pitch...

Ok, I've been doing extract for a while and want to try all grain. I've gathered 3 American 15.5 kegs. I've looked on line for the weldless valves and such and am not just quite sure what all I need for a basic setup. I will do gravity feed at first probably put it all on a brew bench of sorts...

I know. I used to use the chart and all went well. I was just getting impatient ,

Ok, I left out to warm, unhooked, for 12 hrs purging as necessary. I returned to refrigeration and still left off the gas for 36 hrs. I just hooked back up to gas and beer is pretty much flat. I guess that was the prob. I will leave in the kegerator at 5 Psi , testing daily. I guess this is...

Thank you all. The easiest thing for me to do is disconnect my current keg and let it warm pulling the valve once Ina while. I'll report back. I use to carb by taking my kegs to the kegerator and testing after 1 week. I left them hooked up at serving pressure and after a week or so it was fine.

My last two beers have poured foamy the whole keg through. Even multiple pours in one session doesn't change anything. The head stays for a while too. OK. Here's my carbonation procedure. After kegging, I hook up to the gas side and fill and purge with like 10 psi a few times to remove any 02...

Also it is a vial of yeast not a "vile". Although it could be a vile vial. Sorry.