Recent content by sweetmusicj

Main Fermentation, basically I made my starter yeast, but in fridge after a couple days, took it out and let it warm back up for 24 hours than pitched it 36 hours ago. No bubbles yet and I need to decide if I want to repitch or not since I'm heading to the homebrew store today and it's a...

Shoot, 36 hours and no bubbles yet! I'm headed to the big city, should I buy some liquid yeast to repitch, use the dry yeast I have, or none of the above? Thoughts? Thanks again

Hello ladies and gents, Sorry, I couldn't find the answer to this on search even though I know it's probably located someplace, but I made my first yeast starter Saturday for an upcoming Surly clone beer. It has yeast cake at the bottom so I think it's ok. The question is since my brew day...

Thanks guys! I would be using it for the grains in a mini-mash. I might get the grain bags in time for the brew session, but now I have some backup plans in case it doesn't get here in time.

Hey guys, I'm three hours from my nearest homebrew store and need to get some grain bags ASAP. Do you know of any places I could get a grain bag or something that will work just like a grain bag (would cheese cloth work)? Thanks, I have a few guys coming over to brew and would hate to send...

Hey guys, Got some Wyeast in the mail and it was bloated. I assumed that it was "smacked/broken" in the mail. Brewed some beer with some friends and when it came time to put in the Wyeast we opened it up to find it HAD NOT been broken. At that point we made the decision to break open the...