Recent content by yohoe

How about 6 years? I'm in the same boat. Opened up a package and smelled good so I used it. TBD on the results. I'm now working on an IPA to eat through all of them :D

Outstanding! Can't wait! Thank you for the info

Thanks for the reply. My concern would be given the warm temp, I'm assuming yeast viability was negative affected thus impacts the starter size. I'd prefer to keep unknowns out as much as I can :D Thoughts?

I'm looking for White Labs, which LHBS don't supply (that I know of). My last order from MoreBeer in April (~70s ambient throughout the country) took four days to arrive and arrived warm with an insulated envelope and two ice packs. I see Austin Homebrew has WL, which is a possibility. Any...

I'm partial to White Labs WLP300 for wheat beers thus 22C+ will yield bubblegum flavor, 20-21 will yield more banana with some clove, 18-19 will yield more clove with some banana. 28C seems very high

If it makes you sleep better at night - I ordered yeast in April (CA to TX so ~70s ambient temp) with a insulated envelope and two ice packs (paid extra for this), took four days to arrive, and arrived warm. I used to live one exit from White Labs in San Diego and picked up my yeast from their...

Great - thank you day! I will give it a try...

Good morning fellow brewers! Has anyone had a leak from their secondary regulator out of the holes next to the knobs? (see video https://youtu.be/prlQ7YKHf_U) How does this get fixed? I am loosing about 20 psi in each valve over a 6-8 hour period so the bubbles and the loss seem likely...

Thanks for the process! Found out my 2nd and 4th regulator are leaking (interesting - I wonder if they're connected?). Now to figure out why...

I just bought a new Ss Brew Tech 7 Gal BME fermenter and one of the accessories is a sight glass. Where do you place it? Would you put it directly below the conical fermenter before the elbow and butterfly valve or after the elbow and before the butterfly value? My thought is to place it...

I'm still on the fence for the iDip. I also received the email, which is compelling, but the bang for the buck is what I'm debating. iDip (on sale) is $200 but refill kits are ~$80, which is much more expensive than LaMotte. I love having the ability to read the numbers rather than having...

I'm looking to start my water exploration and saw two products at the NHC. With the little reviews online, LaMotte seems to be solid but has a 10/25ppm accuracy range. The iDip seems to be the latest gadget and is "more accurate" than the LaMotte. Does anyone have any experience with these...

Wheat yeast have very low flocculation, which causes the haze. To get rid of the haze, either cold crash for ~2 week and/or filter at .5 microns

Banana flavor = WLP300 at 68-70 degrees. >72 = bubblegum flavor I'm not sure if you're into steeping grains but try putting ~25% caramel/crystal to give it a harder color and a little more flavor

I'm thinking about entering my first competition but I'm not sure if it's worth it. In Oct/Nov, I made a spice pumpkin ale that everyone loves but there's sediment still in the bottles (spices). Will this destroy me?