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When you say couple liters of starter... doesn't that mean I should make ~2000ml H2O and 200g of DME? What container would be good for that big of a starter? My kit I got just has this tiny 1000ml flask.

I'm getting ready to make my first barley wine, and have a couple questions. The beer is Austin Homebrews American Barley Wine extract kit (Austin Homebrew Supply). My question is in regards to how big of a starter I will need for this beer. AHS recommended pitching two vials of yeast...

Thanks for the replies. Great info, and it has reassured me. I'll let it sit in the secondary for another 2 weeks, then bottle for 3-4 weeks. I also learned to not follow directions exactly as included in the kit. It was those directions that said to transfer from primary to secondary after...

I've been reading the stickies and searched a bit, but couldn't find specific answers to my questions. I have learned a ton just by reading though, so thanks to all of you! So I am about a week and a half into brewing my first beer, a traditional IPA kit. I had it in primary for 4 days...