Recent content by mull0263

Yes, I am cooling in one pass and typically pitch once the wort is ~70 degrees (give or take a few degrees depending on conditions). I use the same filter for my trub in the Brutus that I did in my old kettle, so no changes there. I am planning to brew again this weekend and I'm going to use...

Yes, I have measured after ~48 hours on a couple of the batches with a couple of different strains and still have had a relatively high gravity after a fairly vigorous early fermentation. Usually, after transferring these batches to the secondary it seems to rouse the beer enough to finish...

I want to update my previous comments - I have been having slow fermentations even after going back to traditional starters using DME, so I retract my comments about having bad luck with the fast pitch starters - it appears my problems lie elsewhere :(

Greetings, Hoping the community here can help provide some insight on what is becoming a very frustrating problem for me. I have been all-grain brewing for a number of years and generally haven't had any problems with stuck fermentations and I always use a starter for my 10 gallon...

Have used these 3 times thus far and have had horrible attenuation every time. Thought these would be a time saver over making starters with DME, and while they were, it's not worth the cost of stuck fermentations. There are plenty of positive reviews on NB, so maybe variables have changed in my...