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Don't forget there is nothing wrong with trying what sounds good to you regardless of its typicality. I mean, there are certain things that should be followed like using a base malt for conversion of sugars, but hey.... Throw some s**t together in a pot, add some hops (maybe some herbs)...

Just in case anyone is interested in what happened; the beer has been in primary for two weeks now. I took a gravity reading after 6 days and the gravity was at 1.034. I waited one more day, took another reading at 1.034. I wanted to rule out lackluster yeast vs. a mash temp that was way too...

Yes! This happened to me once when I did not use a stir plate. One of the byproducts of yeast doing their business is CO2, carbon dioxide. When you swirl it up all that CO2 gets agitated, much like when you shake up a carbonated beer and it erupts. You should fine. I seriously doubt it is an...

Firestone walker union jack, then Stone Levitation, followed by a homebrewed smoked porter! Can't complain !!!

It has only been a day (barely), so I am going to wait on any gravity readings. Fermentation seemed to progress as it normally does and the bubbling seems pretty steady. I will keep you posted on what happens. Kind of wish I would have checked the date on my Nottingham. Anyways, thanks for the...

Last night I made a porter (by using death brewers partial mash sticky I was able to complete my first all-grain batch, thanks to him for the info) and pitched a packet of Nottingham. I went to bed and woke up to the sweet sound of my blow off tube bubbling in a jar of water. When I looking to...

Test Tube Rack for my yeast slants.

Firestone Walker - Wookey Jack

Firestone Walker (ferstern werker) DBA.

This!!!!! It's a very informative sticky and sounds like it could be of use to you.

I want to give this a shot soon, I have the grist set up, but I do have a noob-esk question. If I wanted to calculate my efficiency for the mash, would I use the volume just used to mash and take a gravity reading from that, or would I use the entire volume (mash and sparge mixed together) and...

Firestone Walker - Wookey Jack This is a damn fine beer. One could say I like other cut of its jib.

It's good. I think I was hoping for a bit more smoky taste. I picked a strange time to be on a porter kick.... It's 110 degrees (f) !!!

Thankfully everything seems to be going as planned/described in your thread. I will definitely play around with my agar mixture in the future, as I will absolutely be doing this all the time now. Thank you for the detailed information, you made the whole process much easier. Also, thank you for...

Yes, what they said, make a starter !

Check More Beer, I just purchased some from More Beer last week. Though the smack-pack had been "smacked" in transit! This did not cause any catastrophe though.

Yes, this is a 2.5 gallon batch. I was thinking that I would make a batch with the Black patent, and then make a second 2.5 gal batch using the Roasted Barley. I am still learning specialty grains (base grains as well!!!) and the characters they impart. Do the Patent and Roasted Barley give...

Yes, sorry, probably should have mentioned that, oops ! Haha.

So I guess I will post the grist for the porter I am looking to create. Which, of course, I am going to try using Maris Otter! Remember, this is a partial mash. 1.5 lbs Light DME 4L 37.5% 1.5 lbs Maris Otter 3.75L 37.5% 4 oz Biscuit 23L 6.3% 4 oz...

Checking it out now, thank you!