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not used that particular yeast - but I wouldn't worry for a few weeks - if you're on day 6 it's so early on in ferment it's likely too early to read anything in to things - unless it's going like an outboard motor or it's not even started - then it might need some concern sounds like a good...

If I'm a bit unsure (I don't use a hydrometer) I give it a swirl and a couple more weeks I've heard people say sour can come from too high an initial ferment temp - I keep my first week or so around 17C if I can (lower than what may porter yeasts recommend - but I raise it later weeks) I have...

5 month out of date, kept reasonably well - it'll be just fine sometimes can be slow to kick off so worth doing a starter if you've time there is so much FUD about old yeast and about quantities required to make a brew I've made sourdough for years - sometimes I've lost interest for months...

I find it hard to rest beer without ending up drinking it - so I've done 3 simultaneous heavy porters - about 110 bottles - hopefully be able to box some away until next winter

I always give them a strong rock every couple of weeks - sometimes it seems to be needed to wake them up a bit with the heavy ferments - often they won't have bubbled for a couple of weeks but are active again for days I don't use a hydrometer so never really know what's going on but I suspect...

my advice is to keep it cheap and find a plastic boiler / coolbox someone is selling used - you can brew a good 5 gallon beer in 6 hours with that set up - and upgrade bits later if needed

I've binned S-04 now - just can't get a good brew with it for my darks I'll use US-05, Ringwood or M44 when I brew session darks - I'll drop some flowery hops in as well at end - Cascade or something looks like a good beer - not used Ashburne before - I'll have a look at that

I've heard dex is a lot slower to carb than sugar I do 100g of raw sugar in boiling water for 21L - stir in to bottling bin 10 mins before bottling I bottled some after 16 weeks in primary recently - I was worried about slow carb - but it was big head after a week I always put 200g of...

I find the numbers scale for me perfectly too - so even when I'm using a different recipe to my usuals I can hit the numbers I need I bought a super cheap plastic boiler which has served me really well (except one element meltdown) - I would like to upgrade but I've got my workflow really...

it's events like this that often create great beer - which you can't later recreate

If you're worried - use some left over wort or some DME to give it a feed I'm a big re-use advocate - partly because I'm a cheapskate - but also I don't like euthanising billions of little critters that just worked their arses off (literally) fermenting my last batch of beer - if I can avoid it...

I've never used a secondary - it's enough hassle bottling from primary without adding another stage I usually leave in fridge for 1st week then do another 3-12 weeks at room temp

it was ferment temp - I've got an old fridge now with just enough room to put a carboy and blowoff in - at lowest setting it's 17C - it's really worked out well

I spent much of last summer trying to not have a banana tasting IPA ...

I'd forgotten about oyster stout - I need to give that a go I'm sure you'll be fine on the glass thing if it's left to settle for days and you syphon - beers with stories are often best beers

I don't use that yeast - but I do brew a lot of beer with a very similar recipe (my main brew is some kind of variant on exactly what you're got there) With M44, Ringwood, US-05 (my main yeasts) I get 4-7 days activity at 17C usually However I've had ferments that slowed right down until I...

I've got a bad light, great dark issue Maybe this summer I'll do some work on the water side - we've very hard water here - I adjust the ph down but doesn't seem to change much - sour nasty taste - worse if I use S04 The dark beers absolutely smash it whatever recipe/yeast/grain I use - when I...

I had a coffee porter the other day - it was drinkable but should have just got a half and couldn't do another I probably lean to it being a wrong combination - I treasure my coffee in the morning and my beer in the afternoon/evening - mixing the two is not a sum greater than the parts Packing...

It will likely revive just fine - yeast are hardy buggers - it may take two feeds or something I love the feeling of reviving one - it's like growing a plant - until I have a bad experience with it I'll keep advocating it - but I've been reviving yeasts of various sorts for years without a...

I wager it will be a good drinker