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I bottle my beer. I rinse out bottles immediately after drinking, then let dry. I sanitize with starsan just before bottling. I am starting to get a white residue on some bottles. The residue is on the glass and goes from the bottom to the neck (point where the top of the beer line...

Nice trick MrManifesto. I never thought of that, but I will add that to my bag of idea's. Thanks

I do not boil in the flask....so no problem there. I just started using a stir plate. One batch under my belt with it, but it was a 1000ML starter. Now I need a 2000ML starter. From what I saw last time.......the krausen does not rise up very much since the thing is constantly being...

What is the largest starter I can do in a 2000ML Flask on a stir plate without having any overflow/blowoff issues?

My best bar is a 1.625" bar. It makes a nice vortex at low speed and it is so quite you can not hear it at all. I have a 1" bar that lets the plate spin too fast. At lowest speed the thing is still haulin butt and will pull the vortex all the way down to the bar. My 2" and 2.5" bars put...

Roger that Carter5112. I did not mean to brag.

Planning on using MrMalty and the Hybrid option. Fermenting at 68F, Pitching at 60F. I agree....Decant. Thanks Mookie

Thanks to everyone. I plan to just do a primary fermentation then bottle. Would it be unreasonable to expect this batch to be ready to bottle at 3 weeks with a fermentation temp of 60 to 63F. I don't want to rush the beer, but I will be wanting to start an English bitter 3 - 4 weeks after...

Too late Morticaixavier.......already have my Northern Brewer hops. Will use your advise on my next steam beer. Also......I never noticed the hybrid option. Will take a look at that. Thanks

I can control temp by putting in an ice/water bath. House is 68F. Recipe really does not call out a fermentation temp, but the yeast performs well from 58F to 65F. I plan to ferment as close to 60F as possible. Since this is a lager yeast, but fermenting at a higher temperature, I assume...

Doing my first steam beer. Looking for pointers/advise from all aspects, including yeast starter, time in primary, fermentation temperature, ETC. Using San Fran Lager yeast WPL810. Thanks, John :mug:

Planning my first Steam Beer for next week. I will be doing a starter with White Labs San Fran Lager yeast WPL810. I plan to ferment the beer in a swamp cooler/ice bath to maintain 60F. My question is.....what temp do I build my starter at? I have only done ale's until now. I will be...

Doing my first starter with a stir plate. How fast do I want to spin the stir bar? Do I need to vortex to actually get down to the stir bar and suck air or just almost all the way there? Mookie

Using beersmith. What temp do I want to input when calculating the amount of priming sugar/DME. In the past I have used 68F which is my beer storage temp, but seem to get high carbonation. Should the temp be the temp that I plan to drink at (ie something more like 38F) This would bring the...

I knew I had beer.....I tasted the sample before dumping....and it was, might I say, PRETY DARN GOOD. I am just curious about FG expectations. In my opinion, with that low of a gravity, the beer will be really light bodied. I mashed at 154 to shoot for a medium body beer.