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I am brewing Waldo Lake Amber Ale this weekend... Estimated OG = 1.063 I plan to use yeast washed from a batch mid october. Dennys FAV 50. I did a normal 1 l starter got good activity, etc.. looking at mr malty..says i need "1054 ml of yeast" when re pitching from slurry Am i reading this...

put a thermometer (stick on brew thometer if you have one) on the outside of carboy then adjust temp as needed. after a few you will get an idea of where to start, how to adjust, etc. hope this helps. cheers

thanks Roost3R! montman--brewed it this past weekend (AG)--looking forward to this one!

Roost3r, how long did you soak the chips?

not sure what that is....but it looks REAL cool.

thank you very much! i will check out bru'n water today.

would love some feedback on above well water. messsing around with ezwater seems to tell me to use 100% RO for mash for my IPA.

cant get my hands on the 6 oz of thomas fawcett amber.... any recs on what i should get as a substitute. Also, NB is out of amarillo gold; is the zythos blend a good sub for this recipe? thanks in advance!

Got my results back from Ward labs. This is my well h20. I am currently reading thru boards, etc. Any quick comments on my report would be appreciated. I am tryng to brew IPA, APA brews mostly. Thanks. pH 7.9 Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 166 Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.28...

hope your thumb turns out ok. sorry to hear..

I just wanted to say thanks to the OP and every one else who posted advice in this thread. i took the parts list to home depot and got everything i needed.Built the MT at home and looking forward to my 1st AG brew this weekend! wish me luck.

Awesome! Count me in.

Jgb 05-30-83

brewed this up today. used .5 oz of NB @9.4% per beersmith. Excited about this batch as it is my 1st no-kit brew. Baby steps right? I am interested to know the mathematical formula for adjusting the hops amount per %AA change if someone can put it down simple. i am a dork when it comes to math...

thanks Johnny.

sorry for the noob question, but..... Recipe calls for: 1 oz northern brewer 6.6% and 1 oz cascade 6.4% I have 1 oz northern brewer 9.4% and 1 oz cascade 6.6%, How much of these hops should i use and what formula are you using to arrive at the correct number. Thank you!

thanks shoman!

thanks for the info. i will prolly go with the 600 ml starter x2 as i am very new to brewing and trying to learn my way through. Unfortunately there is no LMBS in my area (Savannah GA), but next time i order i will look into a 2L flask. again, thanks for the quick replies. i know this horse has...

Man, i have done so much reading and searching between this WONDERFUL site, mrmalty, and others i think i have confused myself. Mr malty says i need a starter size of 1.19 liters. I have only a 1 liter flask. i have a smack pack of wyeast 1056. what are the steps to make a starter size of 1.19...

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