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My buddy recently just built a MLT out of PVC and I read online that the procedure to make a MLT called for CPVC, is there a problem with using PVC over CPVC or is it just a performance aspect or what? :rockin:

Yes, boiling the wort down is essential to AG brewing. It not only brings your OG down to its proper mark but it kills a lot of nasties that could potentially make it into your fermenter causing the beer to just be plain crap. If you are going to do it this way I suggest boiling down in...

I agree with flyangler, more information is needed to judge if indeed you have a problem. Especially from my own experience batches CAN take in excess of 48 hrs to start fermenting. My latest batch, which was my first AG batch took ~36 hrs to start fermenting, and is doing so very slowly due to...

Yeah I was thinking the same thing, making it easier to rack off for bottling and it also makes it easier, as you said, to sample the beer to control the fermentation process as closely as possible.

Yeah, I see a lot of Michiganders around this site (which isn't too crazy with the knowledge that Michigan IS the Great Beer State:mug:) I'm in the Southeast Michigan area 25 minutes from Detroit and about 20 minutes from Ann Arbor!

Yeah I figured, on the same logic, that scooping some of the beer into the hydrometer flask would be the best option. I'll be checking it in a couple of days for the end of fermentation, which should be about right, given a lag time in the ferment start of about 24-36 hrs. Boy the excitement is...

Oh I'm definitely not going to take a reading now, I meant when I get to the point where I believe there isn't going to be anymore active fermentation, which should be in a few days based on the yeast and the OG. I was just making the statement questioning how most people do their hydro...

Well! I woke up this morning with the intent to discover if indeed I had any fermentation going on. I opened up the fermenter and took a peek and discovered that indeed there was a nice layer of krausen on the top of the beer, so there is fermentation going on, perhaps not as active as I hoped...

The Brown Ale looks very promising, but I can't believe you don't use a hydrometer. It's my required instrument, I use it many times throughout the brewing process. That is however assuming you care to know your alcohol content. Although you can always use the tried and true method that I have...

Yeah, I'm glad to hear that your fermenter took off. I hate sitting here thinking (especially at work) that time is just floating on by without any activity going on! I had this problem with my last batch of beer and it turned out with a very high FG, and was extremely sweet. Not exactly the...

I guess I shoulda' done this before I posted in other forums, but I guess introductions are indeed in order. The names Joel and I've been brewin for a couple months now, just recently moved to AG brewing and I'm psyched. Brewing was an instant passion to me as soon as I picked up a hydrometer. I...

I'm actually in the process of having this exact problem, I pitched a vial of WLP0001 without using a starter into a batch of beer with an OG of 1.072 and it has been nearly 34 hrs and I haven't seen a single bit of activity coming out of my blow-off tube, although I haven't looked inside the...

Just got home, 30 hrs and no activity, gotta go to work now hopefully later on this evening when I get off of work I'll see some activity. Haven't opened the fermenter to see if theres any small activity but I figured I'd wait.

Question: Is it possible (if indeed the yeast is going to have such a stressful time converting all those sugars) to make a yeast starter now, and even aerate the wort even after I have already pitched a vial of yeast? I wish to fix this problem, however, if it is impossible I'd really like to...

Definitely going to make a starter next time, and I believe that the lack of aeration is the culprit for my previous brews having a higher FG.

Hey! Congrats! Hopefully yours comes out well! tmcg

I mistakenly put 7 gallons, it was more like 6.5 or 6 with grain absorbtion. I basically boiled it down to increase the gravity, because we were shootin for a beer about 7%ish abv, my only issue is I didn't have time to make a starter and I didn't aerate so my yeast (I'm assuming atleast) is...

I can somewhat sense the sarchasm! lol! Naw but seriously... I mashed at 1.1 qt/pound Sparged at 1/4 gallon/pound to yield a final amount of 7 gallons which yielded an OG of 1.042~, boiled for 1.5 hours with hop additions at 1 oz at 20 mins, 1 oz at 70 mins, 1/4 oz at 12 minutes till...

I'm brewing a simple pale ale recipe I did myself 10 lbs 2-row american pale 2 lbs 20L crystal 4 oz u.s. cascades mashed at 155 for 1 hr batch sparged at 178

First off I'd like to say thanks to all the people who wrote all the information that I used to get this off the ground. The first AG brew is currently mashing in my mash tun! More specific information to follow for anyone who's interested. peace love and brew tmcg