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Yep, now I have to get a back-up for the back-up. Last week it was a stir-bar... poured it right down the drain when I rinsed out my flask...

I'm sure other guys will chime in... but a starter over 1.040 is too heavy, 1.030-1.040 is ideal. The point of a starter is to grow up your yeast cell count, not to acclimate it to a big heavy wort. At that gravity the yeast are going to have a tough time multiplying. Check this out if you...

I forgot the 6 Gal of American Pale Ale from last week... 10,892 + 6 = 10,898

6 Gal BCS Cream Ale 10,886 + 6 = 10,892 :mug:

Try this calculator... http://www.tastybrew.com/calculators/recipe.html It'll figure your ABV based on Recipe, O.G. and F.G. If you still need help let us know.

Those are the white, more rigid type, right? Hey, that rhymes...

Man! I hope that isn't a bad omen for this BCS Kolsched Cream Ale. I knocked it off the table by accident. Good thing I have a backup.

I would just let it sit on the yeast for another week or 10 days, or until the yeast starts falling out on its own (you will see the beer darken as the white yeast cells drop out starting first at the surface) then rack to the bottling bucket or the keg. Most folks skip the secondary anyway...

I run a very basic HERMS through a 10 GAL Rubbrmaid cooler MLT by recirculating through a copper coil submerged in a cooking steamer/fryer full of water. It's low rent, but it effectively maintains temps +/- 1 degree once I get it set. My question is how often do you RIMS/HERMS folks...

I've used several, but being on the east coast, Brewmaster's Warehouse is my favorite for grains and yeast. Excellent packaging, cheap flat rate shipping, and quick turnaround. I use hops direct for hops by the pound though, way cheaper than anyone. If the OP is in GA then BMW would be like...

6 Gal of Tasty's American Wheat Beer 6 Gal of Terapin Rye Pale Ale Clone from Can You Brew it 9145 +12 = 9157

I didn't know the answer to the question so I looked it up. I've wondered that myself too. I found this... http://www.hopunion.com/hoppowderpellets.html

They are reusable. Just make sure they are clean and sanitized before you use them. I've had at least a half dozen batches though mine and haven't replaced the gaskets yet with no problems. When they start getting hard from drying out, or soft, like yooper said, or cracked, I'll replace them.

12 Gallons Common Bitter 3337 + 12 = 3349

That is funny...

Pics are good. 1000 words. All I've ever seen for sale are the CMB jobs...

Has fermentation started yet? If fermentation has started put a blanket around it, it will keep itself warm. If it hasn't kicked off yet you might need some heat. I've used my wife's heating pad to warm mine up before, and also a small ceramic heater at times, but you've got to watch them so...

Sounds like to me that you have a problem with your stove top. I would think that it would be no problem to boil twice that much, it may take a while to get up to boil temps, but maintaining the boil shouldn't be that big a deal. Is the stove old? Have you tried using the other stove elements?

+1 for warm it up...

Most likely what your seeing is some residual dissolved CO2 coming out of solution as you siphon. A certain amount of CO2 is dissolved into the beer during fermentation and if left alone will eventually gas off. Sometimes you can even see this happen if you agitate the beer by moving it, or if...