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clean out your bucket and use it for milling grain once you get a grain mill. Don't put another drop of wort in it. Buckets R cheap. Buy a new one. Heck buy 3.

That's no infection. If you want to see an infection go to google images and search for "blue waffle" :D

That will work. Here is another option for a bit less. These are popular and work well. https://www.amazon.com/Inkbird-Itc-308-Temperature-Controller-Thermostat/dp/B01MDSWXY4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481132334&sr=8-1&keywords=inkbird+itc-308

Do not raise the temp to rush it. Let it ferment slow and cool. If you have to head out of town no worries. It will be finished when you get back. A couple weeks or longer in primary are not going to hurt it :)

I am lucky enough to have a homebrew shop right down the road. I typically just by a sack of pale ale malt when needed. I store it in food grade 5 gallon buckets with lids that have a rubber gasket. Bucket and lid is around $5.50 at Lowes (yes they have plain white food grade buckets in the...

This is a perfect starter kit. You can buy other things you find you need moving forward. http://www.homebrewing.org/Beginning-Homebrew-Kit_p_352.html I like this even better but it needs an auto siphon...

No need to waste a second pack of yeast if you are making an appropriate size starter. One of the primary reasons to make a starter is to build up the cell count. ;)

There are a ton of ways to keep cool or warm. Some work better than others. I have tried most of the methods you will find in the forum, from swamp cooler to actual cooler with ice blocks and water, heat belts, and many more. In my opinion a fridge/freezer with a dual stage temp controller is...

If you sanitized everything really well you should have no worries. :)

A sack of pale ale malt n a 6xer of 2 hearted under the tree.

You can add proteins to help with head retention by using flaked grains (wheat, barley, or oats), wheat, carapils, whole oats, and others.

I try to store all my essentials in my equipment when not in use. I use a small plastic bucket for all of my small basic brew day essentials. Timer, thermometer, grill lighter, water additions, spices, ect. The bucket along with my oven mits I use for brewing fit right into the kettle I use to...

I gave this yeast a shot a couple times in both a pale ale and an IPA. Long lag times and not as clean as other west coast ale yeast strains. The IPA was fermented at 60F had odd belgian esters almost like they packaged the wrong yeast in the packet. After trying a few varieties of the mangrove...

If you want quick turn around low abv brews are your ticket. Here r a couple of tried and true, quick turn around beers, from the recipe section of the forum. Orfy's mild https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=52776 Biermunchers centennial blonde...

Jar it up. Store it with the fermented starter wort. When u are ready to use then decant most of the spent wort,swirl up the yeast at the bottom of the jar, and pitch into a batch or a new starter when u r ready to use.

this is a really old thread.... :) The crystallization and clinging to the side of everything can be caused by hard water. I have really hard water and if I run out of salt in my softener many cleaning detergents give this result. I had it happen last week with oxyclean, cascade dishwasher...

If I have to purchase something that is not carried my my LHBS or is by far over priced, homebrewing.org gets my cash. Best used keg and keg parts source in the country. Prices are great and if in the great lakes region shipping is fast + dirt cheap.

In a freezer that is part of a frost free fridge they will last 6 months to a year before they start to degrade if vac sealed. If not vac sealed the quality starts to drop pretty fast. At least that has been my experience. A few months in the freezer part of my my kitchen fridge and I have...

Cold crash and keg. No reason to not lager in the keg.

Nice setup! The larger commercial breweries ferment under pressure. Applying your logic, it would explain why I pick up sulfur in some lagers like budweiser.