You have NO idea how happy I am to see an AG Moose Drool clone! I hail from the Zoo (Missoula, home of Big Sky Brewery, for the uninitiated :P ) This is getting brewed IMMEDIATELY!!!!
Congrads!
You have to weigh the pros and cons for your situation:
How far along are you in brewing? If you are a beginner brewer, the aesthetics aren't as important as just getting a decent beer. If you are an advanced brewer, racking to secondary improves clarity when you aren't able to crash cool or...
I'm really digging this recipe, but a quick newbie question:
Do recipes that call for crash cooling really require crash cooling? I keep my carboys and bottles in a dark closet but I not only lack a freezer to modify but AC to keep the temperature in my apartment reasonable. How can I modify the...
http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter6-6.html
I read this after already preparing my starter with DME. Re-reading it now without the panic of thinking I messed up my yeast, I believe I misunderstood what he meant when he said to prepare yeast with a similar wort...
While in the process of making our first all grain batch, my husband and I went ahead and made a yeast started with DME without much thought. But going through and re-reading John Palmer's 'How to Brew' he mentions that using DME for your yeast starter for an all grain batch is a very bad idea...