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I have a sanyo 3.7 cubic ft mini fridge and it doesn't keep a constant temp during my cold crash. The fridge varies 3-5 degrees! Is it possible to hook up a external thermostat to keep the temp more constant? I've read some stuff online but am a bit confused, anybody out there have experience...

Just wondering why yeast would settle underneath the trub. I am doing a dales pale ale clone and using WLP001

I am attempting to do my fisrt yeast haverst and after washing in the primary I dumped the slurry into a smaller jar and noticed that the yeast has settled on the bottom of the jar, underneath the trub. What does this mean? Is the yeast still good? How do I go about retreiving the yeast...

I just joined homebrew talk the other day, have asked one question and received some great feedback!! Thank you!! Been brewing for a little over a year doing extract and partial mashes. A month ago i found a rubbermaid cooler on the side of the road and it was in good shape so i converted it...

I was just given an old beer keg and want to convert it to a boil kettle. The problem is my mash tun cooler is 5 gallons and is max'd out with 3.75gal H20 and 12.5lbs of grain. I use a 5gal rubbermaid cooler and do a single infusion mash and 1 sparge. My first runnings are usually around...

Fermentation of my Dales Pale Ale clone stopped after 1.5 days. Was wondering if it could be finished or are there problems with my brew or yeast? Used WLP001 and made a 1L yeast starter. Decanted the starter, pitched at 75F and put into the primary. Set primary at 62F and it started to...