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I definitely see that. Other than the cool factor of making my own beer, the art/science part together with all the ins and outs of making it happen completely fascinate me. Like I said earlier. I have learned 10 new things every time I do a batch. This strikes me as something no one can...

Somewhat related to the original question... My basic understanding based on the little reading I have done so far is that the advantage of liquid yeast tends to produce cleaner beer in terms of the taste. The downside being questionable viability which turns into more involvement to prepare the...

I just pitched a packet of US-05 that expired 2 years ago that was just put in the pantry and forgotten about. I did pitch it along with another pack at the advice of the forum however. Most vigorous fermentation I have had yet. It seems like most people don't really worry about old yeast. If...

Haha absolutely not. So for future batches... Is there a general guideline to be followed in terms of pitch rate? High Gravity beers, style, type of yeast? I just ordered John Palmers How To Brew... I will have some good reading material on all this on Saturday if Amazon tracking is to be...

The only 2 options I can come up with is just leave it and lose out on some of the fermentable sugars or transfer a good portion of the wort to another sanitized vessel so you can reach deep enough to stir it, then transfer all of the wort back into the original fermenter. That is probably what...

I am still pretty new to brewing myself but I would guess that it would not dissolve during fermentation. What kind of kit is it? I am guessing it is something like a Coopers? That is probably why the extract was put directly into the fermenter. Your best bet would be to stir it in. Do you have...

HAHA! This is me every time I walk by the fermenter...

Sorry about that! I boiled 4 gallons due to my kettle only having a 5 gallon capacity At the end of the boil everything was dumped into the fermenter and topped up with water to equal 5 gallons. Looking back, I am thinking I should have topped up to 6 gallons. I would have had an OG in the...

Ohh cool. I just leveled up haha! Thank you for the info. What kind of temp swing are we talk here? 2 degrees a day for 7 days = 14 degree swing in total?

I switched over to DME only. I don't think my LHBS sees too many extract brewers. Their LME is usually at or past the expiration date. I have never noticed a sherry flavor but I have noticed a dull or bland flavor when using older LME. Still very drinkable but not ideal. I just used some hops...

Well I have 3 more kegs to fill, so 2 weeks will give me plenty of time for other beers too! I am curious though... What does raising the temp a couple of degrees a day for a week do for us? I thought we are supposed to avoid big temp variations. I am interested to learn more about that.

So I ended up pitching 2 packets of the US-05. 1 of them was brand new and the other expired 2 years ago. Everything seems fine. Very active fermentation this morning. Nothing to do now but play the waiting game. Worst game ever...

Ohhh... That makes sense. Cool thanks! I will pitch the other packet as well. It is 2 years past its expiration date but it looks like a lot of people have used REALLY old yeast on this forum before with little to no issue.

Awesome thank you! I just plugged everything into beersmith and come up with an original gravity of 1.067? First time using beersmith. I might be using it wrong haha. I will go ahead and just pitch the 1 packet for now and see what happens. I have another packet of expired US-05. Maybe if it...

Hi all! First off let me say that I hope everyone is staying safe out there in this crazy world we are living in now... I am a bit of a germaphobe myself. It kinda makes this whole Covid-19 thing a bit more interesting... It has been a while since I have had a chance to make any beer! I just...

Yeah I am realizing that this could have all been avoided if I had waited to dry hops. The shot glass idea is cool to though. I will give that a try next time too.

The shot glass is a good idea. I figured the bag would sink once the hops starting taking on water but I guess not. I will try that shot glass method next time.

I guess I will give it a couple of days. If it starts to smell better, I will give it a taste. I would hate to have my first 2 batches both be terrible... My first one just tasted like brown water. It was supposed to be a stout. Haha!

Hey guys. It has been like a year and a half since my last post. I have not done another batch since then. Mainly do to a job change and not really having any free time at all. I recently had a chance to make a new batch last week so that is exactly what I did! I tried dry hopping for the very...

If you go to the comments for this video, it shows him making comments 5 and 7 hours ago. I think he is still with us!