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The kegs I use are slightly different than the traditional corny kegs. They are the compact ones from williams brewing and are about 4 inches shorter, but a little wider (I believe 1 inch). I'm looking at getting a chest freezer (as small as possible) to fit the following without putting a...

Thanks for the replies. So adding more yeast while the beer is at high krausen will not do anything? I guess I'm gonna ride this one out. Does anyone know how many yeast cells are in a danstar pack? It seems like I heard that there were 220 billion. If so, I'm probably fine.

I did a BIAB brew of an IPA using Danstar's with West Coast Ale dry yeast. The OG was 1.074, and the final volume after trub loss in the kettle ended up being around 4 gal. Looking at Mr. Malty it says I need 203 billion cells. I did not rehydrate, and am on day 3. Fermentation is pretty...

Even Champagne yeast would prob be a waste? I guess that I'm never gonna go with this Saison yeast ever again. I did a starter, increased the temps to the 80's, and the damn thing got stuck.

Yes, it''s about 2 pts higher, so I'm at about 1.026 when this beer should be at 1.012 or 1.010

Update I pitched onto the US-5 yeast cake, and got some good co2 activity, and it seemed like fermentation restarted. After 5 days, I took a hydro reading and it is still at 1.028. Didn't move one bit, but I had a krausen going, and airlock was going good. I'm not sure what else I could...

I've already transferred to the secondary, so do you think that would still work? Also, I did have it in the 80's for a couple of weeks in the primary, which is why I'm stumped as to why the gravity is so high for a low gravity beer. After I transferred to the secondary with the oak chips, I...

I did use a hydrometer after I transferred to the secondary. I had been using a refractometer for lower gravity brews using the morebeer spreadsheet. The problem was, that I lost my notes. Even so, the brix reading seemed way too high as compared to previous brews that I had done using a...

YES, I did use a hyrdometer after I transferred, and because I couldn't find my notes that had the initial brix reading to plug in the numbers in the spreadsheet. The Hydrometer sample was way too @ 1.026.

Well, I lost my readings from the initial refractometer. Either way, when I transferred to the secondary it read 11 brix. Two weeks after transferring to the secondary it still read 11 brix, and the hydrometer reading was at 1.028. From what I remember, the inital refractometer reading was...

this topic has been covered many times, but not using oak chips in the secondary. So I did an extract clone recipe, Firestone Walker, 'Lil Opal from BYO's, 250 classic clones edition. I did 3 weeks in the primary using Wyeast 3724 Belgian Saison. I did a 1 L starter on a stir-plate and...

I gave the carboy a swirl, and there seems to be more activity going on

I'm doing a extract clone of westvleteren 12, and the instructions for the kit say to transfer after one week and leave it in the secondary until it reaches the projected FG (6weeks-1.022). My OG was 1.110, and I just pulled a sample and it was 1.050 after 9 days. They say that the projected...

BTW- Joe, what's this pliny the mexician?

I normally don't use this many hops. The amount of hops is right around 14 oz in this one. I'm pretty sure this batch will be ok, but my stupid "rookie" mistakes worries me. I guess, I'm not gonna brew late night anymore while drinking. I also did a anothert clone of this same beer from...

Corn sugar, which I should have added to the last ten minutes of the boil. Only using 1 cup to dilute, made it look like corn syrup though by the time it cooled.

I'll check out brew and wine hobby next time I'm there. Maltose is expensive, you're right. Their equipment is way over price. My first better bottle I bought there was $35, and then when I went to another brew store in West Chester, NY closer to where I live it was $23. The recipe kits are...

I thought maybe it could've been an infection risk because I had the carboy open for a good minute and 1/2, but everything was santized very well. I'm still kind of a newbie in all of this, so appreciate your advice. I noticed that you're in CT as well, and probably a guitar player like...

I totally agree. 6.5 gallons would be great, as you wouldn't need to worry about a blow-off tube every damn time you brew.

Ok, This is a better bottle. As you can see, the krausen has mostly fallen and you can see chunks on the top. This is day 5 of fermentation, and some areas aren't as bad as others, but it seems to be growing.