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I have a lager yeast that I got rolling with a yeast starter but now I'm not able to brew for another week or so. Can I just place the yeast starter flask in the fridge for the week (with air lock) and then simply dump it in the fermenter when I brew or should I "re-start" it first?? I'm...

Although I'm a little ways off from buying or building a RIMS or HERMS, I'm starting to learn as much as I can about them. I do not have a garage. I currently brew outside my basement window and pump the wort inside to my fermenter. I would like to brew completely inside. My house is heated...

I'm using the brewheads.com calculator. Brewheads.com - Beer Statistics Alcohol is accounted for. Thanks for the clarification.

Isn't it necessary to condition the beer prior to filtering? I have read that filtering will remove the necessary stuff to allow proper conditioning. That is why I was thinking of filtering after conditioning.

I'm brewing my first lager and so far so good with primary fermentation. According to my refractometer I have gone from 11.4 brix at 75 degrees to 7.1 brix at 50 degrees. So I think I am close to the end of primary fermentation. It has been about 3 weeks. From what I've read I should go...

Thanks for the reassurance everyone. I think the evidence suggests I am just being impatient. I'm used to seeing obvious signs of fermentation within a day when I brew ales and I just wanted to get experienced opinions before I do take the brew back to the operating room. I will get a...

I just started my first lager and things are off to a very slow start. I'm brewing a pilsner. I pitched wyeast Czech pilsen yeast (liquid) after rapidly cooling my wort to about 75 degrees. I used pure oxygen to oxygenate the wort prior to pitching the yeast. I then cooled the fermenter down to...

hadn't thought of that. I have an extra drip tube that I could shorten and use. thanks for all the replies..

I used liquid wyeast Irish ale. OG was 1.037.

I think you may be right. It does seem like I'm just picking up a lot of sediment. If that's the case then I'll drain off a few pints and see if it clears up. Next time I'm either going to wait longer or rack to secondaries for a little while if I want to use my primary.

I have brewed a malt extract kit Breakfast Stout. It spent about one week in the primary fermenter. At that point I wanted to use the fermenter again so I racked it to corny kegs. I pumped in a little CO2 into the kegs and let it "condition" at about 65 degrees for about 4 more weeks. I have...

thanks for the reassurance. I just checked and my refractometer does adjust for temperature automatically.

I brewed a malt extract kit (Northern Brewer Breakfast Stout) that stated the original gravity should be 1.030. I took a refractometer Brix index reading of 9.1-9.2 prior to pitching the yeast, which correlates to about spec grav 1.037. Frankly, I'm not that worried, but I was wondering whether...

I am having trouble determing a way to connect my CO2 tank to 1/2" siphon tubing. The shutoff valve on the CO2 tank has a 1/4" MFL end. Will a 5/16" barbed swivel nut attach to 1/2" tubing? Seems to me it would be too small. Is there another adapter that would work? In case you are...

Thanks. I will give it a try tonight.