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Just curious, has anybody tried simply using your primary fermenter for creating your starter? Seems like it would be very convienent and less opportunity for break downs in your sanitation process. You would simply go straight from the kettle on top of the starter.... A couple of...

someone posted this link previously. I use it all the time. Scroll down and look for "Can You Mash It?" Green Bay Rackers--Mash Calculators good luck

Thank you everyone!

Whoa! that is important info. Thanks for posting. Lucky for me I have an experienced AG'er who advised using a "lighter hand" with the baking soda / chalk additions. So far all my stouts have had great conversion and great taste even though I wasn't matching the exact RA in Palmer's...

I kicked off a 2 qt starter on Sunday in preparation for brewing yesterday (Tuesday). Things came up and I had to cancel my brew day. :( Now it will likely be about 2 weeks before I can get back to it (travel, etc). Should I just leave the starter alone (at room temp with foil on the lid)...

10 gallons - Dry Stout 8623 + 10 = 8633

10 gallons English IPA 8433.5+10=8443.5

What I meant was that I got alot of trub (from the hop pellets) in one fermentor and very little in the other.

No. I have done this once and did get a lopsided amount of hops in one verse the other. But, I was relieved to find the gravities were equal. I thought I had just gotten lucky and that by trying (unsuccessfully) to whirlpool I had kept the wort properly mixed. So, when is stratification a...

I did a search, but couldn't find an answer. When draining my 10 gal keggle into (2) seperate 6 gal fermentors, what do I do to make sure that I get equal gravities in each bucket? If I am whirlpooling, will that solve it? how fast will stratification re-occur (i.e. how often do I need to...

UPDATE: ATT = 74% (WLP-004). That's 3 month old yeast. According to Mr. Malty viability should have been around 10% with my sample. Probably still under pitched, but it definitely did the job. peace :rockin:

10 gals Hefe 7896

its amazing how fast hefe's go (go down I mean). I just finished a 5 gal batch in 3 weeks (mainly just me). I just couldn't lay off it.:mug: Got a 10 gal batch in primary now!!!

That was the advice my LHBS gave me. Also, 1/2 lbs of rice hulls per 5 gal batch. My first two hefe's went without a hitch.

thanks all :mug:

So I was preparing a starter in advance of brew day. I was done boiling and had just concluded that the wort was cooled enough for pitching when......a fly dive bombs right into the pot:mad: So, giving in to my fears. I fished him out, put the pot back on the burner and starter over. But...

I am adding this just as a data point for others using this method: I just used my first "washed yeast" collected using the steps outlined in this thread. The pitched example looked exactly as pictured in OP (the 1/2 pt jar on the right). I estimate that I had about 5ml of slurry. The...

Look at the bright side, you will always have wort to make starters!!

5 gals each: English Special Bitter, English IPA, British Mild, Hefewiezen, and Oatmeal Stout +25 =6344