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Really like the charts. They are going to help me out a lot in the future.

How does one know what yeast strains to use in certain beers? I know that there are Lager yeasts and Ale yeasts and that's pretty much all I know. Say i'm making a cream ale, is there a yeast strand that would just make my beer taste awful? Have any of you done anything like this?

Hey fellow brewers, I'm new to the game with only 4 extract brews under my belt. I have an idea for an experiment involving brewing 5 Gallons of wort, then putting each gallon in a separate fermenter and pitching each one with a differnet strain of yeast. Is this plausible? Has it been before...

I'd like something that could do it all you know? I want to make some awesome lagers in the future. -The temperatures are weird. at the bottom I get like 18f at the top it gets to about 35f. I think i'm going to stick a fan in there to see what temperatures I can get. Otherwise I'll have to...

Hey brewers, first post ever for me right here. I want to make an Oktoberfest and currently have no means of lagering, however, I do have a freezer that's kinda shotty. It's cold on the bottom and warm on the top. I was thinking if I could circulate the air with a fan, I could have my lager...