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I didn't have any mason jars on hand, but I loved the image of my yeast starting its job in a growler from the Dogfish Head brewpub in Rehoboth Beach that I picked up on a trip last summer (I live in WI). Hopefully, some of that good DFH mojo is imbued into this next beer.

Thanks. Got the starter going last night. Was a bit of a pain as stopping at 3 stores did not produce an appropriate funnel (seriously?!) and I made the mistake of putting aluminum foil in bleach water (apparently, bleach dissolves foil?). I boiled some foil last minute to cover the growler...

Oh yeah! Malta Goya! I think I'd rather use some of my recipe's LME and pitch the whole starter than use Malta Goya, though. My starter will only be going for about 18-24 hours, so that seems like the smart thing to do anyway. Any recommendations on starter volume? I'm using a growler and just...

Hi. I'm brewing a high-ish gravity porter (OG 1.08) tomorrow and decided it would be smart to make a starter. However, I'm an idiot and still a bit of a noob, so I didn't pick up any DME while at the brewshop yesterday... It's an hour's drive away, so I'm not planning to go back. In a pinch, can...

Hello. I'm going to pick up ingredients for this porter recipe from the LHBS: 10# Gold malt extract 1 oz Nugget hops 1 oz. Perle hops steeping grains 1# Crystal malt (120L) 8oz Munich malt 8oz Vienna malt 8oz Chocolate malt 4oz Black malt 4oz Roast Barley This is going to be a bit of...

Hey, thanks for the tips. Although I don't know the exact gravity reading, this was definitely the highest og we've done so far. I think I'll use this opportunity to buy the second fermenter I'd been planning to get anyway so I can get that porter started ASAP and give the dubbel at least...

Hello. Just joined the forum. What a great resource! My brewing partner and I just checked the gravity on our most recent (third) beer today. It was a slightly modified version of Papazian's Dubbel Your Pleasure. We added some pumpkin at the advice of another experienced home brewer and just...