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I made a pale ale with dennys fav 50 and had an OG of 1.072. I am trying to ferment at 50F and after three days there is no sign of fermentation starting. Today I added yeast nurient to help things along. I know the normal temp range for this yeast is 60-75. Will I have any success at getting...

I made a pilsner yesterday, but made a mistake with the mashing. I typically do single infusion mashes, but the receipe called for a pretein rest at 100F for 1 hr. I did this after which I realized this was for a step mash. I then continued with a single infusion at 150F for 60 min and sparged...

I have been having issues with priming here latly. I use 1.5 cups of pale ale malt to prime 5 gals of beer. I disolve this in a water solution and then pitch into the beer. Stir thoughly and bottle. Two batchs ago some bottles over carbonated and turn into a volcano when opened. Then the last...

what is s-05?

Have you ever laggered a pale ale? If so what does it do to the taste?:mug:

what is the best pale ale yeast that you recommend for the cleanest tasting ale? One that produces the least amount of grainy taste?

I am in the process of making a vanilla bourbon barrel stout. I have oak chips soaking in 16oz of makers mark bourbon. I intend to add the bourbon and chips to the secondary. My questions is how many vanilla beans should I add so as not to over power things. Do you cut the bean up or just toss...

might you suggest some germam malts to try? Weyermann perhaps?

I am right in the middle of finishing my mash on a munich dunkel. What yeast pitch temp do you recommend? I have read anywhere from 45-50F. I am using 15 lbs of munich malt with wyeast 2308.

I could easily do this, but am looking for other opinions to save time given my limited luck in the past.

I have been brewing all grain for quite a while. What is the best two row pale malt for making a pale ale. I am looking for a malt that gives the best clean taste. So far I have used Simpsons, MO, and Briess. Simpsons produced a nutty flavor that was terrible, Mo and Briess was ok, but i am...