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Coconut imperial stout, huh? Sounds interesting. Can't wait to hear how it turns out. Thanks for the tip on the starter (that's me being lazy and just pitching). I purchased a couple more vials of the same yeast and will do a starter this time before pitching into the carboy. I'd like to at...

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Soul food

I don't mean to hijack, but I have a related issue with an oatmeal stout. My 5.5 gal AG recipe included 14.25lb of pale, 2.2lb of roasted, 1lb of chocolate, 1lb of flaked oats, and 2.2lb of malted wheat. The SG was 1.080 and I pitched double dose of White Lab's Dry English Ale yeast (WLP0007)...

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Have you checked your hydrometer to see if it's reading SG correctly?

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That's the yeast settling out of the liquid. Quit turning it upside down. 😊 It's perfectly normal for bottle conditioned brews, but you want it to settle out. That way, it stays mostly put in the bottom of the bottle if you pour carefully. Either way, it's just yeast and won't hurt you.

Good advice from duboman. I'd go with it.

I have a weizen with about 7lbs of previously frozen cherries in the secondary. It's been in there about four weeks and is still bubbling. Should I let it ferment completely out with the fruit? Or, should I separate the beer from the cherries at some point? I guess I'm just a little...

Well, I've got fuzzy rice. I there a bad mold color? Mine is definitely white and fuzzy, which I assume is koji. There are also grayish mold spots concentrated where the yeast is visible. Normal? Smells good, so it probably is good.

Are you sure you're reading the right scale on the hydrometer? Pls post your recipe. The yeast will be fine. You just want to get the wort up into the optimum temp range for your strain.

Brewing a Kolsch with the Scorpions. The first band I saw live and I don't think I could hear properly for several days afterwards.

Finally found yeast balls in a nearby oriental grocery and started my first batch yesterday. Thanks for the instructions and advice. I can't wait to see how it turns out.

I'm giving that a try during my next bottling session. I agree with most that bottling is kind of relaxing to me. It's mindless, but productive. It also lets me see all that great beer I'll be enjoying and sharing in the near future.

I'll be putting up my Christmas tree on the second night of Hanukkah. I don't get offended at all when people wish me a merry Christmas. Life's too short to piss and moan about such things. I'd probably celebrate Kwanzaa if there was cause to drink some beer and party with friends. Happy...

You can look on either the Wyeast or White Labs website. They both have good info to help guide your selection.