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I'm not saying this is best practice but I usually let my starter go for about 3 or 4 days and it's always worked for me. Once I went nearly two weeks and didn't have any problems. But again, that's probably not optimal.

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The link above is great for most things but I also wash yeast in order to get more yeast to save. As usual, always make a starter.

I just come to terms with the fact that I am adversely affecting my health by drinking way too much beers. Hopefully scientists will be able to grow livers and hearts within the next 20 years (my guess as how long my liver is going to last).

I wouldn't ever do that personally but I can't say what others would think about that. Just put your bottles on the fridge 24 hours before the party and that will clear the beer, which is the point of cold crashing

All cold crashing does is get the yeast to drop out faster so that you have clearer beer faster. This is also a kegging term, but it looks like you are not kegging. When you put the bottles in the fridge or cooler the day before the party to get them nice and cold you are "cold crashing"

Here's an option which I wouldn't recommend to ever duplicate, but may work for your situation as a one time deal. Let this ferment until December 15th and bottle on the 15th or 16th at the latest. You need at least a week to get carbonation so that gives you plenty of time. 3 weeks is the...

Greetings from Dunwoody!

Glad you didn't die! I'm seriously considering using plastic buckets for all my fermentation needs.

I thought this was a thread about "crushing" on employees at our LHBS. I'm now slightly disappointed ;)

3 for me. I sent you a pm. Thanks for posting!

Let me know where you are going to dump it and I'll bring my carboy. You'll be fine.

Congrats on your defense, Doc! Also, thanks for the confirmation of my thesis: It's nice to know that yeasts are, metaphorically, mini-bears :mug: We need a way on these forums for our legit scientists to be immediately recognizable. Then I could trust what they have to say and hopefully get...

That is freaking amazing.

Does anyone have any cost savings that are particular to extract brewing? I didn't know about keeping the fridge full to up efficiency. Thanks for that. What about making starters and the ingredients used to make them? Dme is expensive!

Wow, this is all awesome advise. Where are you all storing your bags of grain and bags of hops? Does it take up valuable space in your fridge or do you have a second (or third) fridge? (also, doesn't it cost a lot to buy a fridge and run it?) One thing I do to cut some costs is bottle and not...

OK, everyone. Let's hear your tips on how you penny pinch yet still make great homebrews. What do you do to save a few dollars? I reuse my yeast. I wash my yeast and I use other pre-fermentation yeast harvesting methods. Each batch that I don't have to buy yeast saves me about $8 dollars. I...

Where are our biologists! We need answers people. My guess, and it is only a guess, is that refridgeration is necessary to "slow down" the yeast and make them somewhat dormant. I like to think of them as mini-bears who hibernate when it gets cold. They can survive for a long period of time...

Bump! :mug: have any updates? What are the current best apps out there and why?

Love these labels! Simple, yet modern colors with Old World design. manter o bom trabalho!