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I just wanted to post my first attempt at homebrewing and get some thoughts. Last weekend I brewed my first extract kit. I used a blonde ale kit from MoreBeer. 7lbs ultralight malt extract 8oz Cyrstal 15L 1oz Willamette Pellets (Bittering) Safale US-05 Dry Yeast 1 Tab Whirlfloc I...

Whoops! That won't be too big of a deal, will it?

Thanks for the help everyone

Well I did my first yeast starter tonight....hopefully it works out. I used about 5 cups water with 1 cup DME. Boiled for 10 min then transferred to flask. Cooled in ice bath until 75 degrees. I used two smack packs of 2308 (as per mr malty). Swirled to mix then capped with foil and its on...

I just got a stir plate to make yeast starters. The picture tutorial in another thread is good for starters but how do I incorporate the plate in this? I'm planning on making a 2L starter with 2 smack packs of 2308 for a lager.

I was going to make a new thread but figured this would be a good place as well...The picture tutorial was great on the first page but I just got a stir plate. How do I incorperate this in to the process?

Wow, The directions in the book are definitely lacking! Thanks for the response. I will look at the starter yeast threads and mrmalty. Is there any way to estimate when fermentation is slowing down for the temp raise and diacetyl rest or are hydrometer readings stabilizing the only way to tell?

I am going to attempt my first lager this weekend and had some noob questions. I am following a recipe for a Munich Helles from The Brewmasters Bible. It is an extract recipe using a smackpack Munich Wyeast 2308. My first question is, should I use a yeast starter? I have never done a...

That's exactly what it is...I kind of thought so because it wasn't available anywhere. Thanks for the help!

I am new to home brewing and trying to follow a recipe from a book for a Munich Helles Lager. Everything seems pretty straight forward except it calls for flaked barley malt to be steeped with crushed crystal malt at the beginning of the boil. I can't find flaked malted barley anywhere so I am...