Recent content by Zsmith31

Hey guys, So usually when I make a starter I overbuild the necessary amount of yeast cells by 100 billion so that I can use that next time instead of harvesting. Each time I build a starter I start out with the 100 billion that I previously saved from the last batch. When I do this I treat...

Anyone out there ever try to brew a Wormtown Be Hoppy clone? Thanks!

Question for you, I harvested some conan in early December, from 3 cans of HT. Built it up to a 1500 ML Starter. Used about 1/3 of it in a 2.5 Gallon batch which I'll bottle this weekend. The other 2/3 I poured into a mason jar and have left it in the fridge. How long do you think I can wait...

Yeah I had heard rumors of that, but just got my hands on some fresh Dinner and absolutely love it, so was thinking it would be cool to harvest that yeast. I wouldn't waste my time on a regular MBC.

Awesome, wasn't sure if one bottle was enough. Thank you.

Hi Guys, Wasn't sure if anyone has tried to harvest any yeast from any MBC bottles before. I recently got a ton of fresh bottles so wasn't sure how many bottles worth of dregs are needed at first. If you have any experience, please let me know! Thanks.

I did brew the extract recipe exactly as is. I did the reading pre bottling - so de-gassing wasn't the issue. This was actually my first yeast starter, active fermentation was great. I live in Boston in an apartment so I don't have enough space to control temperature but I know it's been...

Forgot to mention I did know my OG at 1.053, so I was happy with that. I used a hydrometer to measure both OG and FG.

Hoping for some feedback here: Brewed this recipe, even made a yeast starter with the White Labs Irish Ale Yeast. About two weeks in I added a mixture of vanilla beans and bourbon (that had been sitting together for 2 weeks). I used a little extra bourbon in the process to get the rest of the...

Need this bad boy to brew!

Hey guys, New to this forum, and relatively new to homebrewing as I only brewed my fourth batch last night. I've done two IPA's, one red ale, and then last night a wheat, all with extract. My question is, is there anyway to avoid the dark color with extract brewing? My IPA's taste delicious...