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Okay I didn't make a starter and pitched the two smallest jars into 5.5 gals of 1.031 wort. I took them out of the fridge and poured off the water/beer and let them warm up closer to pitch time I put them in some warm water. I shook them up and pitched. This morning the airlock was full and...

The backstroke!! :ban:

I plan on doing my first direct pitch from a couple of jars that is probably equal to one of yours. I am letting them warm up now and will put in warm water closer to pitch time. My beer should be around 1.031 OG. I don't have anything to even make a starter. I'm a little nervous but I think it...

I'd dry hop for 2 weeks then bottle. It's okay if you leave it longer. I've left beer dry hopping in the secondary for more than that because I couldn't bottle and the beer is fine.

I've used Notty a couple of times but use Us-05 now for 90% of my beers. I recently brewed a 1.072 IIPA and pitched 2 packs of dry. It got down to 1.010.

Sometimes I buy four identical batches at once from them and my efficiencies are never exactly the same. But if I'm calculating everything correctly with my BIAB setup (I ask for finer crush) I usually get high 80's on average but it always varies. I have a little tougher time with higher...

Got it. Thanks. I just combined the two smallest and have 3 almost full of liquid and a pretty good bit of yeast each. It smelled about the same as it did when I harvested it. I put them in the fridge.

Hell Yeah!!!! Now that's what I wanted to hear!! :ban: :mug: :rockin: I'm a pretty lazy person so I wanted to save large amounts and pitch without a starter until I get stuff to do starters. I realize that I don't have to have a flask and stirplate to do a starter but I don't have any DME at...

Cool thanks. They look good but I'll give them the smell test first.

Yep jars and water was boiled and cooled. Would I be better off just putting the whole lot in the fridge like it is?

Okay thanks. How about I shake up the 2 smallest ones and fill up the other three and put in fridge? Then I'll have a chance to make 3 starters I guess. I got this from a total of 3 5gal batches that I racked to secondary the same day.

Okay I'll put them all in the fridge and try and get stuff to make starter next week. I've never made one before. Is there any chance I can pitch one of those big ones without making a starter or is the yeast just too dead?

So I messed up on at least two things. I had lots of headspace and didn't refrigerate (yet). It's been a week at room temp. I won't brew until next weekend which will be two weeks after. Should I trash them and start over next time? Is there anything I can salvage?

Drinking one now. It's been in the bottle for two weeks and in the fridge for one. Very good and very even flavor. Less hoppy than I thought. I missed the OG pretty bad (1.050) using all grain BIAB. I'm still tweaking my process/method. This is my 29th batch total. I'm pretty sure I'll try this...

Douglasville - near the hospital. Been brewing since May 1, 2011. Brewed batch 31 last weekend. BIAB since batch 7. I buy most everything from Brewmasters Warehouse. No bike since 1975 but that was MX.

2 packs ought to do it. I just got a 1.072 down to 1.010 using 2 un-hydrated packs. I had a simple recipe though - 14# 2-row, 2# Crystal 40.

Before home brewing I was a an IPA drinker of beers like Hopsecutioner and Torpedo but I also kept a 12 of Miller Lite around as well. I call it the "Dasanti of beer". Now I brew IPA clones that I think are better than the original and my Lite beer is...

I'm in!

I used dry lager yeast that was over a year out of date and I have a slight bandaid taste. All of my other beers were made with fresh ale yeast and were fine. I'm going with Tony's yeast theory.

I am making this using BIAB getting min 80% efficiency. I have adjusted the IBUs a little to suite my tastes. I like it a little more bitter. If I left the IBU alone what style would this beer fit into? Is there a style for this? I've made minor adjustments to the hops over 6 batches and its...