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  1. brewing_wessels

    First time pitching harvested yeast, did not use starter, slow start?

    I harvested a few mason jars worth of yeast from a previous brew and it has stored in sanitized jars in the fridge for a couple months now. I do not remember the strain, but it was wyeast smack pack and an IPA extract recipe. I do know that it was -not- 1056 strain. Yesterday finally got to...
  2. brewing_wessels

    Accidentally put extra half gallon of water in fermenter = lower gravity?

    Extract recipe told me to top up the fermenter to 5 gallons. I accidentally 5.5 gallons. Didn't really seem like there was anything I could do to "undo" that, so I just pitched yeast and put the airlock on. Fermentation looked good, after 2 weeks I saw no more activity. 16 days I took...
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