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Not at all, I don't have any practical experience in comparing two same yeast strains - one liquid and one dry. I was just wondering.

Was it a blind taste test or did you know which one was made with dry yeast and which was made with liquid beforehand?

How exactly does that work?

Who is buying HD buckets that have already had drywall mud in them? They're brand new buckets, dude.

I have this one sitting in a primary fermentor in my basement right now! Can't wait to bottle and sample it.

Thanks BarleyWater, that's what I had read about DMS. As a side note, everything is in the fermentor and things are moving along nicely. It's bubbling away and has a nice layer of krausen.

Buy a submersible pump and recirculate ice water from a reservoir through the chiller. Problem solved.

One thing I didn't adhere to when I just finished my first batch was the hydration of the yeast. I just pitched the dry yeast directly into the cooled wort (~70 deg). That won't cause any problems will it?

I'm about 20 mins into my first boil of my first batch ever - Nut Brown Ale extract kit from NB.

Worked just fine - just did the hop addition and we're on our way to a 60 min boil!

Sounds good, thanks fartingdog - much appreciated. :)

Hey guys I think I have everything ready to go but just had one last question. Do you usually keep the lid on the pot when you're steeping your grains? I know not to put the lid on when boiling the wort, but wasn't sure about this part.

Yeah, I was thinking this myself.

I have this very kit waiting in the wings. Hopefully I can brew it next week!

Actually, that's a really dumb acronym. :P

This is the way I'm going to do it. Gotta find a pond pump.

No, that won't work.

With "yurt" in the title I totally thought this was going to be a thread about some hippy brewing in a teepee. :)

I'm pretty sure they were calling you a dick after you went back into the house.

Maybe it's time for a sticky?