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Hello guys, I've been making starters for liquid yeast for years. To be honest I never pitched liquid yeast without starter before. But I'm getting lazy, so I have few question. 1. Why does lager beer need higher pitching rate? OK, it ferments at colder temp. But didn't the lager yeast cells...

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Hey guys, I digged some young hop plants one and a half month ago. They grow nicely, some of them are more than a meter high by now. Unfortunately they have been attacked by something. Could you please help me to identify this? Thanks!

Hi guys, I ordered some cyro tubes from here: http://www.brouwland.com/en/ I expected them to attach a detailed manual, but there were only a sheet describing the steps how to add yeasts to the tube and remove the excess preservative fluid with a sterile pipette. That's OK, but can I...

I've read somewhere, that yeast should be pitched at fermenting temperature. In practice pitching yeast at room temperature and bringing the fermenter down to the (colder) cellar is very much a no no. Or temperature changes should be done gradually. On the other hand I often read that...

OK then, it seems that I have no excuse to renovate our basement. See you in the diy basement project threads next year.:) Thanks for all your comments!

Hey everyone, First of all there is nothing wrong with my wife. She is really supportive, I only want to keep her like that.:) I usually start AG brewing in the late afternoon/evening. So I often finish way after midnight. I have to admit that despite all my efforts cleaning everything up...

In some recipes the fermentation temperature is supposed to be kept as close as possible. Is that ambient temperature or temperature in the fermenter? Or depends on the recipe?:) Thanks!

Thanks for all your inputs. This is a hobbi project at the moment, I basically would like to experiment with hops. For first just dig some rhizomes to check if they grow happily on this land. The scale is pretty small, like 10-15 rhizomes. I'll have a 3-3.5m high trellis as well, but...

Hello everyone, My father in law wants to cut off few row of old grapevine plans on his land. He offered me to use vine trellis system for growing hops. What do you think, is it a bad idea? It's around 1.6-1.8m height (5.5-6 feet) and pretty long like 30-40m. Is it possible to grow hops...

Hey guys, Just two questions. I found an old pc fan I can power with my old TT scale train power supply. Housing and everything else is done as well. Now I have to glue the magnet on the fan and buy that small doodad that spins around. What is the direction of the magnet's polarities...

Thanks! I'm happy to forward your message to the supplier.:) I forgot to ask something: do I need to slightly heat the fermentation vessel at the beginning (maybe an aquarium heater would make it)? Or it's OK to store it on room temp and cover with a blanket? Thanks!

Hello everyone, Great thread, I think I'll brew this one soon. Have you already tried to use home made candi syrup? Like this one here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/20-lb-sugar-jar-yeast-nutrient-114837/ Will it taste significantly different? There is no candi syrup at my LHBS...

Hi guys, Normally my brewhouse efficiency is around 80% with barley malts. Last time I brewed wheat beer and it dropped down to 60%. Since I still have no rice hulls avaliable, I couldn't use it. Do you think that only by using rice hulls would bring the efficiency up a lot? Something...

Thank you for the detailed answer. I think I'll read the recommended papers first and only ask later. I was hoping that I can avoid investing into a RO filter. Unfortunately it seems that I can't...:)