Recent content by ohthehugemanatee

Brewed up and fermenting! I made a mistake with unit conversion, and didn't get quite enough wheat DME... 500g instead of 680g. Also, my assistant killed all the wyeast when he tried to make a starter without cooling the water first, so I had to substitute dried mauribrew ale 514 yeast. That's...

Rehydrated my dry yeast and pitched it last night. It's bubbling away happily now, with some visible krausen. Thanks! Will definitely report back on flavors :) .

I invited a friend to help with Brew Day yesterday, and put him in charge of the starter. We were brewing the Deception Cream Stout that's so popular on these forums, with a 1 week old Wyeast 1028 smackpack. When time came to pitch the starter, I lifted off the cover and saw... no foam. The...

So this is my first time following a recipe from here, and I'm a bit clueless about the notation conventions. So, stupid question: the roasted Barley should be malted, right? I mean, it wouldn't do much without being malted...