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My very first batch my LHBS owner told me just to dump it on top of the wort. I did not have an active fermentation for at least 12 hours. Since then I have used rehydrated dry yeast twice and had vigorous fermentation within 8.

Thank You! I am looking into it now....

Does she really think perverted weirdos would use an acronym like SWMBO and EAC ? :drunk:

How many people have told thier SWMBO about that acronym? I have not told mine yet and wonder of her reaction. I think she will get a laugh out of it and say your damn right!

DITTO! Everytime I ask a question (and there usually pretty lame noob questions at that) it does not take very long to get a few solid answers

It seems that this is one of those questions if you ask a hundred brewers you get a hundred different answers. I think its amazing how everybody has their own ways and techiniques on every aspect of brewing. It definately has helped me in my brewing to keep an open mind and put a bit of...

If I can get the same results without racking to a secondary I am all for it. Although I don't mind the task it would be easier. I was thinking that using the paint strainer on the end of the racking cane/autosiphon technique would be a good way to filter the break material and get a clear...

I was under the impession you wanted to get the fermented beer off the yeast cake asap to prevent off flavors

I was just thumbing through How To Brew and Palmer claims that using a secondary is only necessary for lagers and higher gravity ales. In my short brewing career I have always used a secondary. From what I have read on this forum it sounds like everyone else does as well. What are peoples...

Ok, that will give me time to get some beer conditioned. Looking forward to the next swap

Orfy I am with you, KISS. But my last brew session I had to many homebrews and found myself getting careless. :tank:

How do I get involved in the beerswap? My first AG is getting bottled next week and think it would be cool to have it critiqued (hopefully its drinkable :drunk: ) . I also think it would be fun to sample other homebrewers beer. How many bottles do you all usually send? I may not be able to...

Well I am planning on brewing my third AG soon and need to find a recipe. I was thinking of brewing something along the line of Bigfoot. If anybody has a tried and tasty recipe they are willing to share that would be great. Also is a 48 quart cooler big enough to handle such a big grain bill?

Now that I am brewing AG I noticed the same thing. instead of a couple hours to brew a partial boil extract batch it takes better part of a full day. Last Thursday I brewed my second AG batch and started at 1pm. I was not done and cleaned up till almost 8. I had fun but I did get tired of all...

Ok, with that being said does anyone think its safe to store the buckets inside themselves?

Well it is now Sunday and was wondering how that festival went Brewtopia? I wish I could have gone but I am stuck working the Graveyard shift and weekends. Maybe next year... hopefully! It sucks Seattle Center is only a half hour away too.

I was cleaning my bottling bucket and it made me wonder if you need to be as careful about scratches harboring bacteria in your bottling bucket as you would for a bucket primary? My instinct says no because the beer will only be in contact with the bucket for a short period. However I would like...

I need to get into kegging in a bad way. That looks pretty nice. Plus only one keg to clean and sanitize as opposed to 50 bottles!

I thought this would be a cheaper alternative to buying my favorite microbrews but have spent more money on equipment than I probably would spend in a year on beer. I just can't wait until I break even, if thats even possible not factoring in equipment upgrades. Also I posted this timeline as...

Well hopefully I am carefull enough to avoid dropping a carboy at all. I plan on upgrading to all BB's in the near future anyway.