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So back in August I brewed a barley wine. After two weeks I was supposed to transfer to secondary and let age for 3-4 months. Well more or less because of my work schedule and laziness that never happened. Anyways flash forward to know, I just bottled the beer last week. The sample tasted fine...

I am considering entering the world of sours, and attempting to brew my first one. I am interested to hear from all of you to see if I am getting in over my head or not. First off a little bit of background... I have been brewing since February. I have made 5 batches, so far each batch has...

I have a question along similar lines. After conditioning for said amount of time, do you then refrigerate all bottles immediately? Or do you leave at room temperature? I understand that by leaving at room temp they will continue to condition/mature is that correct? I do not have the fridge...

Good to know. This was my 5th batch of beer made, but only the second with dry yeast. First batch ever was with dry yeast, back when I didn't even know what a yeast starter was. Haha

So I definitely wish I would have read this thread about three days ago. I just brewed a stout yesterday and had made a yeast starter with s-04, because I thought that's what I was supposed to do. This morning my beer was bubbling nicely. Capped it at approx 4 pm yesterday. Was bubbling when I...

Question: when saving and storing yeast by this method can/should you only reuse it in beers of similar style/ call for the same strands of yeast? Or does it matter? I ask because as I'm still fairly new home brewer. 5 batches. Each batch has been a new style, therefore different yeast...

I'm brewing a coffee stout today! Bottled my first attempt at a barley wine last night! It had been sitting in the fermenter since August. Hopeful to brew once, maybe twice more before the end of the year. Going to need more bottles though.

Appreciate, the insight. Brewing the batch today. Beans will be ready to add hopefully by Sunday! Probably going to just add the beans straight this time, but being that I am a coffee fanatic will definitely trying some cold brew. Never done it before, typically to stick to my tried and true...

Getting ready to do a coffee stout. The recipe calls for dry hopping 2 oz of coffee beans for 5 days in secondary. I never done an adjunct like this while brewing before. Besides actually dry hopping. I'm concerned about infection. Is it ok to add the beans straight? What do I do to avoid...

2 days out and my beer is fermenting nicely! There was bubble actively at about the 6-8 hr. mark. Which is a huge difference from my first batch of beer, which took about 18 hrs before showing any activity. That time I used dry yeast and simply rehydrated an hour before pitching. It may be the...

Good to know, thank you. I was fairly confident that the beer would be fine. Just trying to understand better what was going on, so that I can learn and improve. Just to be clear, what is the ideal time to take the OG gravity reading? I took mine right after I poured the wort into fermenter...

Extract. With specialty grains steeped at the beginning. The recipe I followed used: Extract: 8.25 lbs Pilsen Light LME Specialty Grains: .75 lbs Caramel 40, .6 lbs Carapils Hops: 1 oz Columbus (60 min); 1 oz Columbus/2 oz Simcoe (30 min); 1 oz Centennial/2 oz Simcoe (0 min). Yeast: Wyeast...

I brewed my second ever batch of home brew! Can't wait to try it! First batch was a success, looking to improve from there!

I brewed my second batch of home brew ever today. It is a Pliny the Elder clone recipe that I got from the LHBS. Per the recipe the target OG was 1.067. The OG I obtained was 1.076. What does this mean for my beer? Per the recipe the ideal FG is 1.017. I am an amateur brewer and do not quite...

Brewed the beer today! Used the advice that you all gave regarding how to boost my yeast starter. It was about a 1/2 liter starter. Hopefully the beer turns out good! Thanks again!

Good to know. I put my yeast starter in the fridge last night, and plan to kick start this morning, and hopefully brew this weekend. I appreciate all the input. You are absolutely right, so far my LHBS is 0/2 on advice. Unfortunately, I have to drive 45 min-1 hr to get there.

Thanks for all the input this is really helping. How would you recommend I step up the starter to make it a more suitable starter for this beer? I've just been letting it sit. I was told by the LHBS employee that prepping it approx. 1 week in advance was best. It's been about 4 days now...

Good to know, thank you. I appreciate the insight. I did not use a calculator. I simply went off the recommendation of the owner of the brew shop where I bought the supplies. Follow up question. Is there any type of activity that you should be able to observe in a yeast starter to know...

I need some expert advice on my first attempt at making a yeast starter. I am in the midst of starting my second batch of home brew. My first home brew was a brown ale. It turned out well, in my amateur opinion. For my second batch, I intend to brew a Pliny the Elder clone recipe. I was...

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