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2.75 gallon AG Irish Red ale. 1.059 OG. Nottingham dry ale yeast pitched at 66* wort temp.. 24 hours later it’s full steam at 72*. Had to swap out airlock for a blow off tube and the beer in the airlock smelled foul. Beer has stable temp now at 71*. Manufactures packaging says ideal up to 72*...

I brewed a recipe I wrote for a sweet stout without lactose, my 7th AG batch. Overshot my OG by 11 GU for an OG of 1.067! Up’d the hop addition to account, and pitched a 150mL slurry of US-05 into the 2.75 gallon batch. Lag time was <6 hrs. and fermentation seemed like it was going good until I...

I have a beer I’d like to bottle tomorrow and harvest the WB-06 yeast from the bottom of the carboy. It would be 10 days since it started fermenting @ 64* for four days then 3 days @ 67* then I dropped the temp to 58* to try and help the yeast settle. This is my first wheat beer and the yeast...

Took 10 days for my sample to make it from rural Alaska to the Ward Labs laboratory so I’m wondering about the accuracy of my test results. PH 6.7 TDS 23 ppm Conductivity .04 mmho/cm Cations/Anions .03/.02 me/L...

Brewed my first all grain batch last week from a recipe I wrote and patiently waiting to try the final product. Spent most of my free time the last year and a half reading on Homebrewtalk, and a lot of my hard earned money on equipment, books, ingredients, etc. The Ol' Lady says I care more...