Recent content by priedthirdeye

I made my starters last night. I'm wondering why 48 hours is needed for the lacto starter while only 24 hours is needed in order to bring an entire 5 gallons down to about 3 ph. I'm hoping about 24 hours will be ok for the lacto starter.

Interested to know if the changes you made were for the better.

I only have a few brews under my belt, but I have the same kettle and I am trying to put together an E-BIAB system. I'm wondering what prevents the bag from scorching on the element. Is it the "Steam Tray" that ensures the bag doesn't touch the element and burn? This product here...

Yes, 1056. I edited my post. The wyeast package says it should be good even if it doesn't swell but I ordered it without an icepack so I'm not sure about it. Should I try it or just go with the US-05 (which seems pretty popular for IPA)

I'm trying to brew a Racer V clone extract. It recommends three different options for yeast, but none are the yeasts I have on hand. It recommends: Wyeast 1272 American Ale II White Labs 051 California V Danstar Bry-97 I have: Wyeast 1056 American Ale (*BUT ... it doesn't seem to...

From what I read, the fact I shook it after fermentation started will likely result in "off flavors" though no?

I shook before I looked inside. Ugh...I'm such a noob. I'm at work now. Will check on it later. Might duct tape around the lid to help with that leak.

Now I see a bubble in the airlock every 10 seconds or so. Probably because I shook it? Damn...

I put my finger over the airlock hole and shook it which made me realize there was a some liquid escaping from lid. The gas would build up as I shook and air would release when I took my finger off the hole. I'm not sure if the lid leak is enough to cause an issue or prevent bubbling in the...

I used dry yeast and didn't hydrate. Pitching temp was about 77f. A little high but I thought it would be OK. Another newbie mistake I made was not taking a og reading before I pitched. I just shook my bucket (which was probably also a mistake) and see that liquid is escaping from the bucket...

My first batch of beer isn't fermenting after 48 hours. I read a lot about the possibe reasons. I think the reason is because I didn't aerate it. Should I repitch or if I shake it up could it possibly "start" the yeast?

I wound up bringing it to steeping temperature of 155, added grains and kept the burner on thinking I had it maintaining temp. It went up past 160 so I shut off the burner and added water to bring the temp down and prevent what I hear will cause "off flavors" (again it's my first time doing...

I started from hose water. Hard to say how long it took to get to boil because my flame went out a couple of times. I dialed back the propane and maintained a nice boil and only wound up losing about 1 gallon. This is going to be my first batch, so I'm starting with extract. I'm...

I read somewhere that the average loss should be about 1 to 1.5 gallons for something like this. I know there are a lot of variables at play but supposedly if the heat is higher than it needs to be that will contribute to a higher evaporation rate. It's good to hear that it takes that long to...

I am trying to start my first brew. Im just boiling water now to determine the evaporation rate for a 1 hour boil. I'm not sure how much to blast my propane in order to start my boil or to maintain the boil. I have a bayou classic 15 gallon pot and bayou propane outdoor grill. 1) About how...