Recent content by Sandkicker

Good point, I never really paid any attention to yeast pitching rates. A quick visit to the mrmalty site mentions: "A Wyeast Activator pack (the really big ones) and the pitchable tubes have an average of 100 billion cells of 100% viable yeast. ... You would need 2 of the large packs if you...

I don't know anything about amylase, will have to dig into that

Dave258, what was your OG on that stout? I'm assuming it was probably a bit higher than my meager 1.050? I don't have my journal in front of me, but I think i've only had one or two others that ended near my current 1.022, but both started with an OG significantly higher (1.07+) which would...

Ksosh, thanks, I appreciate the reply Part of me has been eager to bottle to get some tasty beer ready, but my more prominent feelings have been the potential exploding bottle fear and the hopes for some miracle cure to help me lose another 0.010. Right now i'm thinking I'll probably give...

Need some troubleshooting help, or help deciding whether there's any chance it's just done fermenting. I'd appreciate any observations, recommendations, ideas This is my 12th brew, so not an expert, but not a total noob. However, this was the first i'd done in a year or so, but have never had...