Recent content by Samophlange

I haven't read through all 150+ pages, so forgive me if this has been kicked around already... A buddy of mine is the head brewer at our local, and was at a few other places here in the northeast not to be mentioned. He gets stomach issues after drinking beer with one particular yeast...

I pitched it at 70F (a bit warm) with the expectation that it would drop off as it usuall y does. It has been fermenting so rapidly and intensely that the temperature has jumped up to 75! The krausen was visible up into the airlock as well. I'm going to have to get it down ten degrees...

I'll definitely give that a shot. In the past I've had issues with oxidizing, but never phenols like I have recently. I think I'll pick up a low gravity extract kit that will wrap up in a week or two so I can test out the theory. Thanks all! I'll update when it stops a-bublin' and is...

Thanks for the quick replies! I cool to ferment temps then pitch. On lower gravity beers I tend to pitch a pack of yeast. I have just recently been pitching larger quantities of yeast, and our local brewpub's brewmaster has been giving me the excess of his 1056 from his beers. I used that on a...

Hi all, I'm new to the forums, but have been "brewing" for a while. I put it in quotes, since I have brewed up at least 25 batches of extract beer, but have only had 2 I would consider drinkable. I've read a ton and even taken brewing courses, but I can't for the life of me figure out why...