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  1. Redmond_Fil

    Have you ever had a bad vial of Yeast?

    I brewed 10 gallons of an Amber Ale on Saturday. Split the batch in into two 6 gallon fermenters (when I say split - I mean I used a tee junction so it really is exactly the same wort in both fermenters). Into each fermenter I pitched one vial each of WLP005 that had warmed to room temperature...
  2. Redmond_Fil

    Lazy Yeast Rancher - skipped a starter

    I'm of the "Yeast are tough" school - but I have brief story where I'd like some insight. I harvested WL002 yeast on November 8th from a 10 gal. batch after two weeks of work on a 1.080 IPA. Washed the yeast with room temp previously boiled water and stored at 34F. The result was about 8 oz...
  3. Redmond_Fil

    Hello from Redmond, WA

    Hi There. I started brewing about 3 years ago with a 4 gallon pot and a recipe kit. Currently the 15g HERMS brew house comes out to play about every other month on top of our kitchen range. The Palmer book is a dog-eared mess and Beer-Smith is my friend. A refractometer changed my life. As a...
  4. Redmond_Fil

    Union Hill Water Report? (Stop tannin extraction!)

    So I've become an over confident and lazy home brewer and it's time to put the old thinking cap back on. I brewed what I and my friends thought was a pretty darn good IPA - but I got a few comments that it was leathery - some claimed to like it (?) thinking it was part of the bitterness from the...
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