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Anyone seen one of these or tasted it's "perfect" beer in just 7 days?

I decided to pitch a second smack at the 24 hour mark. I checked it 9 hours later and it has started to fire up. You are probably right and I should have waited longer after using yeast that is old and sluggish. Hope this doesn't destroy my precious!

Well I did a triple batch. Used 2 smack packs that were fresh and one that was from October. All swelled. Two of three are bubbling away. I have another fresh smack pack and don't want to wait too long.....The batch that is not going yet came in at 1.058 where as the other two where around...

Did it ever swell? I used one from October 2010 yesterday that swelled fine.....but no action yet in the carboy after 14 hours. Is there a downside to pitching a second pack?

Did this beer turn out? I had one batch that took about 60 hours to start visibly fermenting. I was concerned but got reassurance from people to let the yeast "do it's thing". I threw it out. Newbies can take solace in knowing that when a beer is infected...it is obvious! IMO, after about 20...

9th batch is the weirdest yet. No action in primary until about 60 hours in (WL001 no starter OG 1.050). Once started, the fermentation was pretty lazy. I checked it on day 8 and it looked about done, still some bubbles in airlock but very slow movement in liquid. I went to rack it this...

Had a Pliny the Elder this weekend. WOW!

Yeah the Imperial Red is impressive. I am not sure how they get that sweet candy taste in some of their beers.

This beer turned out fine. I purged to keg with co2 and let it sit under 14 psi for 9 days. When I poured my first draw, the beer was 28 days old and still pretty green...had that not quite done malt taste. Waited 9 more days and wow, she was ready. Crystal clear with a big white foamy head...

Awesome, but not a Lagunitas Imp Red clone. Not even close.

Thanks. I am going to be much more careful racking into keg. Is there a way to bleed the air out of a keg after siphoning the wrong way?

I need to siphon from secondary to keg but want to filter out the hop junk. I have been running it through a strainer and into the corny but I am worried about oxidation as the strainer sits on the top of the keg. I get alot of foam. Anything to worry about?

Cool. How much priming sugar?

I have discovered that I can brew 5 1/2 gallons with my setup. I generally let it sit in primary for 8-10 days and then rack the beer into a secondary for dry hopping. After 2 weeks in the secondary I keg 5 gal and would like to bottle the rest (64 oz) in two 32 oz bottles. Do I add priming...

I think I found a solution... http://www.midwestsupplies.com/32-oz-ez-cap-bottle-amber-1-bottle.html