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I "washed" yeast from an Oktoberfest style ale that I recently made using the method from the Yeast Washing Illustrated post. This being my first time at trying this, I obviously I did not do a very good job because I only have what appears to be a very small amount of yeast in each 8 oz jar...

I was probably going to wait a couple of days before I could get to it, so it would not have been an overnight or from morning to evening, so it's probably a good idea that I didn't do it. Thanks for the information all.

Wow! Thanks Revvy, I would have never guessed anything of the sort would happen. I guess it'll have to wait for the weekend when I have plenty of time to do it all at once. I don't want sour beer!

Has anyone ever split the brewing process? I would like to steep the grains, sparge them, and then store the wort to boil later. This way I don't have to spend a straight 5 to 6 hours brewing, I can do it in a couple of 3 hour evenings. Does anyone do this? Would this be a bad idea? I would...

Thanks, that makes me feel better. I guess I just need to relax...

I thought I read somewhere on this forum that too much coriander would give the beer a "mustard" taste, but I guess I'm not sure what's too much. Hopefully it'll turn out fine as you say.

I made a wheat beer this weekend and I have a question regarding the coriander that I added. I did not remove the coriander (nor the orange zest that I also added) after I boiled the wort and it is now fermenting. I used 3/4 oz. of powdered coriander. Should I have filtered it out before...

If you hang the hose (and if you take it outside and whirl it around, like I do with the shorter hoses), do you remove the connections at the ends? I think that that is part of the problem - with the quick connect for the keg, since it is sealed, it doesn't allow the water/air to flow out very...

How do you dry a 12' or longer hose? It is the beer line for my keggerator. I cleaned it and sanitized it and will not be hooked to the kegerator for a few weeks and would like to make sure that it is dry. How does one do that?

I believe that BrewSmith provides a % weight of the ingredients for a particular recipe. Is there a way that one can see what the contribution of each ingredient to the fermentable totals is? In other words, 2lbs of DME will contribute to the OG more than 2lbs of grain, but they show up as the...