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They are just so hard to move around while full with nothing to use as a handle though. And carboy parka's are needlessly expensive.

I used some of the excess hot water from my wort chiller to clean my secondary carboy. I also have a carboy handle on it. I was setting the carboy down using one of the handles that holds onto the neck and I would say I set it down fairly lightly (there was a little thud). Then about 10 seconds...

Isn't the point of boiling the DME in order to break down the sugars to increase ferment-ability? And when you say late addition, how late are we talking? With 20 minutes left or so? From what I have read a lot of IPAs use Crystal malt and this one is well balanced, it just tastes sweeter than...

They don't seem to have a tough time multiplying from what I've noticed. The starter is accumulating a lot of yeast. I was told that you want to have the starter at the same OG as the beer.

Extract with about 3 points of grain. I've just noticed this in general for all my beers. Here is my last recipe: Yeast starter - 1/2 lb Light DME boiled into 1.5 L water 1 vile White Labs Dry English Ale Yeast (WLP007) Fermented for two days Malts - 1.5 lb Rahr 2-row 1.5 lb British Pale 1 lb...

I made a yeast starter with a theoretical OG of around 1.09 with a volume of about 1.6 liters. I ended up putting .81lb of light DME into it. I am targeting 1.10 OG or so for my next beer (a Tripel). Should I take into account this starter when I'm doing my calculations for the boil?

I can't seem to get any FG below 1.015. I generally ferment at the higher range for ales (74F or so). I already make a yeast starter and wait ample time for fermentation, especially in the secondary. Anyone got any tips on getting it really low? I am trying to get my FG to below 1.01. Another...

Oxygen during primary/secondary is GOOD for the beer. More oxygen will help you get a more complete fermentation. That's why you can buy aeration kits to aerate before you put it into the primary.

Also, don't worry about oxygen at all! Oxygen is good for the beer during primary and secondary fermentation. Yeast needs oxygen for it's metabolic processes. The time to avoid oxygen is during bottling/kegging. Even then a small amount of oxygen won't matter because the yeast will use it up to...

Hahaha yeah, that's San Francisco for you. I read that one float had 27 kegs on it once but they are enforcing stricter rules now.

Up until now, I've previously used corn sugar. On the last brew that I used corn sugar with I managed to get no sediment.

I carbonated my last brew with some light DME. When I pour one into a glass I notice some yeast sediment on the bottom. I am pretty sure that I did not siphon any of the yeast from the secondary fermenter into the bottles.

That is worth a shot. This could become an expensive venture though.

http://www.ingbaytobreakers.com/ Has anyone done this event and is familiar with the rules? I wanted to brew a keg of beer so we could drink that as we walked through the streets of SF. But I heard recently they have been taking kegs away from people. Does anyone know anything about this?

One thing I have noticed is that there is a lot more yeast sediment in the bottom of these beers. Could this be due to carbonating with DME? When I racked it into bottles I made sure to avoid the sediment at the bottom.

I decided to just bottle it with a 1/4lb of Light DME. The beer came out alright, the body aged a little bit and got better and the hops calmed down. Not perfect, but acceptable.

12th generation? Whatever happened to the 4-5 rule?

How long can you keep washed yeast in the fridge for? I generally don't like to do two of the same style of beer one after another.

I think I'm going to go with bottling using DME. For a 5 gal quantity (what I have in my secondary) how much DME should I use? I've only used corn sugar before. Also, would Amber DME be a bad idea?

The boil size was initially about 4.5 gallons (my estimate). But a lot boiled off during the boil and at the end I probably had about 3-3.5 gallons. The OG @ 74F was 1.060 read using a hydrometer. I think adjusted to 60F that's about 1.062. I accidentally overfilled my carboy more than I wanted...