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I made a yeast starter for the first time and its overflowing pretty good right now, is there anyway I can stop this before it gets worse? I was reading that I could split the starter in half by putting it another vessel, would this be recommended? Or should I just let it continue doing what...

Ok, I have another question, I see that my yeast starter is overflowing is this going to drastically reduce my yeast count? If so, should I add more wort or buy another vial of yeast?

I personally use Cascade for Aroma and Centennial for bittering (they work awesome).

I'm swirling, so pitch the whole thing?

So if the wort had a 24-36 hour fermentation time, I wouldn't shock the yeast by fridging it overnight?

That is a pretty nice freakin chiller!!!! Mind building me one? :D

I made my first yeast starter this afternoon and I was planning to brew tomorrow morning but my boss at work called saying I need to work all day, so I have to push back my brew til Weds morning. I was planning to pitch at high krausen but its probably going to settle down before Weds...

Hi, I never used a yeast starter before, last beer I severely under-pitched my yeast, so I decided to learn from my mistakes and make a starter. So I bought a 1L starter kit from morebeer thinking it would be enough. However, the mrmalt calculator said I needed a 2L starter making my 1L...

I'm telling ya, its so hard to get a picture of the stuff because its so thin and colorless. I've tried different angles, lighting, flash etc, this is the best I could get, however I'm no photographer as you can see lol For the fermentation, I just pitched the yeast in the primary and let it...

Hi, I have a Belgian ale kit that I got from morebeer.com, I brewed this one 3 weeks ago and decided to get a whiff of the brew. I opened up the lock and suddenly a really strong sulfur smell rushed out, then quickly dissipated. This was the first time I opened the airlock, since pitching the...

Well for aeration I gave it a pretty darn good shake for 1.5 mins which killed my arms pretty good :) Thanks so much for the advice guys, means a lot to me! :)

You think it might be better if I pitched another thing of trappist yeast in there if it was under-pitched or just wait it out?

How do you know how much water you're putting in when your tossing in a bag of ice? Wouldn't you been afraid to dilute your beer if there was too much water?

Its been 24 hours since I pitched, no activity (yet). I was going to do a yeast starter but the place I was at was out of the beakers and they kinda told me I didn't need one with the kind of brew I was doing. So I just took their word, brewed and pitched out of the bottle. My OG reading was...

So what happens if they quit early? Does that mean I have to get another thing of yeast from the store?

Hi, I'm on my fourth batch, I'm brewing a Belgian Ale kit that I got from morebeer in Riverside, CA. For my yeast, I'm using White Labs - Trappist Ale Yeast (WLP500). So when I pitched my room was ridiculously hot (I have no AC, unfortunately, so I'm miserable too and I also work out in...

Took my gravity reading, its at 1.015 does that sound right?

Wouldn't that leave a film in your carboys and buckets if you were to do that?

I heard of people adding it in the secondary, is it plausible to do that without it affecting your beer in a negative way?

Question #2 Would you dry hop in the primary or move the beer to a secondary, then dry hop?