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The temp is at 52F presently. According to the instructions that came with the kit and the instructions below from the Wyeast site you're not to lower the temp until fermentation starts. Instructions for the proper use of Activator™ packages: 5. Shake well, open and pour the...

I thought since I did everything wrong last night as far as preparing the yeast, it would take a couple of days to see any fermentation going on. When I woke up early this morning the airlock was bubbling like crazy. Wyeast must be some powerful stuff.

Well I'm really screwed now. I want to the LBH after work to pick up some DME but it was closed. It's a freakin unreliable store. Decided to go ahead and brew using the wyeast without a starter. Boiled, cooled and poured wort into the carboy. Sanitized yeast package, cut it open and poured into...

The recipe says it has an OG of 1.045 so it doesn't seem to be a big beer but I will take your advice and make a starter if my lousy understocked brew shop has any DME. Thanks for the suggestion.

I have a packet of wyeast Munich Lager. Yesterday I smacked the little packet inside, maybe a liitle too hard. I could hear air slightly seeping out of the package when I squeezed it. I woke up this morning and the package isn't very swollen. Should I get rid of this and start over? Thanks.

Will do. Thanks Hammy.

How is this done, replacing airlock with foil?

Hate to be a pain but the more I read the more questions I have. Since I bottle I'm dry hopping during week 4 of a month long primary. My question is: would there be any benefit in cold crashing at the end of the 4th week? Would this help the hops to settle or would I just be slowing down the...

Yes I probably did all of the above. Thanks for the information. RDW can be a hard thing to do...HAHB is the easy though. I'll just ignore and let it do its thing.

I have a Sam Adams ale clone in the primary. It has been there for 3 weeks with no apparent airlock activity for the last 5 days. Yesterday I added 1oz of hops and about an hour later the airlock started to bubble, about once every 45 seconds. After the hops broke apart I could see some...

Yes it is an SA Ale clone. The yeast was suggested to me because they were out of what the recipe called for. Thanks for the guidance though, I feel much better.

I'd go to the Yeast threads but I receive better answers here. I've searched everywhere and can't anything consistent in an answer. I have a Sam Adams clone fermenting at 64F using Wyeast 1007. I'd like to leave it in the primary for 3weeks so my plan is to take it out of the fridge after 2...

Ok. I finished an hour ago. We'll see what happens. Thanks.

I thought I would brew a batch this evening but the wyeast 1007 smak pac isn't as swollen and others in recent history. It's been 4 hours since I broke the starter but it just isn't there yet. Can I wait until tomorrow afternoon after work to brew or do I have to use the yeast within 8 hours?

Yeah a did see several recipes with those hops. They varied in ingredient size so much I wasn't sure which to follow. Will I expect this batch to taste like Sam Adams? No probably not but I hope it's at least drinkable. I will probably dry hop with Hallertau mittlefruh as you pointed out.

This helps a bunch. I assumed it fermented much like the others but am too new to be sure. Thanks for your quick help!

I found this recipe on an old thread and decided to try it. It is suppose to be a Sam Adams clone. We'll see. It doesn't state a temperature to ferment or a length of time. I'm real new to brewing so if the numbers at the bottom of the recipe tells me how to ferment it, I'm clueless. The guy...

Thanks Revvy. I didn't feel comfortable with his suggestion. I'll stick to your original advice.

I was talking to a guy that has brewed beer for some time. He told me that wheat beer is best young and to bottle after 2 weeks. I'm asking the brewers here because I feel confident of getting the right answer. Should I wait 3 weeks like I planned on doing or do as he says? It has been in the...