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How many times can you "reuse" a yeast cake? Would it be OK to split the yeast cake after the 2nd usage?

Just brewed this, but swapped out Pale Malt for the Pils and Flaked Maze for the sugar, and added some aromatic malt and some peppercorn, Grains of paradise, and orange zest in the last 5 minutes.. had it sit for about 2 months while i opened up room in the keezer.. :O Had this last night...

HeffeWeizen & MaiBock

Made a Coppers English Bitter (don't be a hater yet..!!!:O) Did a partial mash with 1.5# 2row and some biscuit malt & Carapils & Crystal60 (150gram total {50grams each}). Boiled everything (wort, Coopers Hop LME, and 500grams of Coopers Light Dry Malt) for 20min with 0.5oz of East Kent Golding...

OK.. I guess I need to let it thaw out a couple more days to make certain everything is back to normal.

My temp controller was moved and my beer in my keezer (in Kegs) froze.. :( I was able to turn off the freezer and let everything thaw, but my pale ale seems to have a stronger taste somehow (maybe my imagination).. Have I somehow ruined my beer??

thanks for the info.. Never thought of the MicroWave for this.

I wanted to add some orange taste to my Belgian Pale Ale so I was thinking of zesting a couple oranges and then bring them and a quart of water up to about 165* to pasturize the zest and water. Then add the water and zest into the keg (putting zest in a sterile strainer bag) to add the flavor...

any issues with brewing a hefeweizen on a E-Brew system? I was just thinking that the high protein level in a hefe could burn on the elements. Are there any issues you might have seen with these beers?

Every year on New Years day I brew up a simple Coopers Kit batch.. I do this as this was the first beer I ever made and I like to do this just to remember how far I have come from that 1st beer several years ago. Anyone else have similar rituals they have for thee 1st brew of the year??

This is exactly what I was looking to do.. :D I was thinking of a 1500w and a 2000w element. I wanted to have the 1500w on a switch that would allow me to dial it down as the batch starts to boil off. I do mainly 5 gal batches with starting boil of about 7 gallons. My propane burner is...

I already have my wirt chiller and other things that I would prefer not having to replace. I do respect your opinion, but do you have any suggestions on what a setup might look like??

I have been wanting to go to a electric setup for about a year now, as I am getting tire of always seeming to be out of propane or running out or propane. I have realized that I am also getting older and lifting a 10gal kettle filled with hot liquid is getting harder and crazier by the day. I...

OK.. Quick question hopefully.. I have started to harvest yeast from each batch I make, but I am doing this by harvesting from the starter. I am making a 2ltr starter and saving off about a pint each time and using that for my next starter. Given this how long/many time can I continue to do...

I have been brewing for a few years now and have jumped around to numerous yeast strains, but I wanted to spend the next year or so trying to play around with only a few strains for EVERYTHING.. :O I was thinking about US-05, WYeast Scottish Ale 1728, WYeast Saison 3711, Wyeast Ardennes 3522...

I would be filling long neck bottles with a "beer-gun" connected to a picnic tap. It sounds like there should be no issue just fill the bottles and cap quickly. I typically increase pressure to about 20 for 12-24hrs before filling any bottles, so I will just keep doing what I do already as...

OK so I have bottled a few beers to share with friends, but that was always on the day of drinking.. I wanted to know if bottling from a keg will last like bottle conditioning/carbing will?? I would like to bottle a 12 from each keg to have some left from each brew session, and to allow me to...

I can most likely keep a temp at about 56-58 in my fermentation chest, but not really anything below that. I had thought about the Kolsch yeast, but had thought that Lager yeast would at least give me the profile... I do realize that Noble Pils is not a Style, but I was using it as a sample...

I would like to do a bohemian pils or some type of a noble pils brew, but I cannot sustain a temp in the low 50s to mid 40s. I was looking to see if a california common lager yeast would be OK. Can someone help me understand if this yeast strain would give off flavors in a bohemian or noble...

I hate to ask this, but I have not seen this question answered (if it was I apologize),,,, Can you use Juice Cocktail? Or does the recipe need to use 100% juice?