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I did come across a guy who did an "AHS Strong Ale" Partial Mash on Youtube that was grain to glass in less than 3 weeks? Not golden nor All grain like I wanted but seems interesting.

ops forgot to mention that I would be kegging it. I was just hoping on having one ready in a shorter time frame. I think I saw a recipe on my searches out there done in 5 weeks. Yeah, I just don't want to have my keg full of something that needs to sit for too long. The fridge I have can...

Is it possible? I would like to do a Belgian Golden Strong Ale for my 5th brew but looking for the shortest time possible. I have seen some good recipes but can't wait months. Anything out there close to the time frame?

I feel better now! That photo is not mine. I was just using it as a quick comparison. It's from http://www.donosborn.com/homebrew/yeastwash.htm The down and dirty way. Great Tutorial. My yeast has been sitting in my fridge for like a month. You're right about the cold crash. When I...

Not sure on the hop smell but I bet you are ok. The rotten egg smell I have read that this is normal for lagers. I actually mix rum and starsan in my airlock. It seems to kill the smell.

I'm getting ready to do another brew this weekend. My previous one I collected the yeast. I washed it then poured it in a liter bottle with screw top. After I screwed the top on, I shook it up again. Now, my collected yeast looks like the growler in this photo on the right with the dried...

Lesson learned. I was just posting a follow up. It's hard to just trust something is going on when you have no indicators. The only thing is a wait and see policy. Just wondering is that how professional breweries work?

Ok ..I finally got around to taking a gravity reading. So, 7 days later I'm at 1012. I guess I did get fermentation! Though, I didn't hit my numbers for the recipe. I am going to keep it in primary for the total 3 weeks, then keg it. I'll lager it for another week before tapping. The...

I'll take a reading tomorrow. I was just surprised because the heat and activity started and dropped in 1 day not a week. Sunday I pitched it, no rise in temp or activity until Tuesday was fermenting, the next day Wed. everything stopped all the way up to today.

The recipe I linked says WLP029 with starter. I should of done the starter! But I only had enough to do the recipe. The beer store is long ways away from me to just run out and get more stuff. I agree with you about a yeast packet. It has more yeast and really no need to make a starter. If...

yeah, OG was 1046... I'm not really that concerned with bubbling in the airlock as much as temp in fermenter bucket. So, it could totally ferment out in like a day? I just don't want to take a bunch of hydrometer samples and use up what I got in there.

Ok. I think something is wrong. I am doing the Bee Cave Brewery Kölsch recipe. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f62/bee-cave-brewery-koelsch-33548/ I had previously posted about not having airlock activity and was told to ignore it. Understandable...

I have heard of people getting a stuck fermentation. I know I don't have that but how would you know? Would you have to wait the 3 weeks before you could find out with a hyrdometer reading? It seems like a lot of time wasted if it stopped pretty much from the beginning.

Thanks!! I was getting worried. I will take a reading when I see a stop in activity to see what is up. Yeah, I am thinking either way I will do all my beers 3 weeks in primary and 1 week in the keg before tapping. Now, I will just need to setup a pipeline of waiting beers so I have no lag...

I am on my 3rd brew. This is a Kolsch. I am using white labs WLP029 Kolsch yeast. I did not do a starter. I oxygenated by stirring for 1min. I pitched on Sunday and got fermentation on Tues. It was bubbling away like every 4sec. After that it has slowly started to decrease. Wed. was...

Ok..Another panic thread from a newbie. This is my first Biab and 2nd brew. I did the fizzy yellow beer recipe: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f62/fizzy-yellow-beer-120939/ Today is day 11. The airlock slowed down to like 1 bubble every minute for the past couple of days. I figured I would...

Thanks! Yeah, it was just plain tap water. Now, I can rest a little easier.

I just finished brewing my first BIAB. Everything went well. I poured the wort into my fermenter bucket with spigot. I needed to ferment it at 62F. So, I tried the swamp cooler idea. I placed the bucket in the water. Put on the airlock. I tested the airlock by pushing on the lid a...

Thanks for the info. I actually used a precision screwdriver. It worked out great. Talked with the guy at the brew shop. He said the keg could be a Spartanburg Challenger but did not know for sure. So, I'll just let it go. It works.

Ok..one more question. I previously bought a replacement pack of o-rings. How do you get the o-rings off of the Keg Posts? I can't seem to get anything up underneath the old o-ring to pull it off.