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Im really looking for techniques to use when preparing washed yeast for a brew day. My yeast has been in cold storage for a week, and I believe everything is healthy inside. I looked for videos, threads, etc... But would appreciate any tips you may have. Do you simply let your washed yeast...

Well I decided the easiest way to keep my starter safe was to buckle her up! Gonna be weird explaining this if I get pulled over. :)

I intended to make a yeast starter for tomorrow's brew day, but forgot to pick up DME. A few questions. 1.) Can I use corn sugar for the yeast starter? If so, what would the recipe amount be for a 1.040 starter? I have a 2000mL flask. 2.) My home brew shop opens at 10am, if I have starter...

While making a 13 lb grain bill yesterday, my mash calculator determined that I would need approx. 4.75 gallons of water for the mash. In previous batches with less grain, I have been able to keep the mash volume and the sparge volume in equal parts. So calculating my mash water went...

I'm setting up my Banjo Cooker and going through the instructions. Just about every page has a warning that you can blow yourself to pieces. I bought a fresh propane tank for tomorrow's brew session with this monster.. but now I'm seriously concerned about lighting it up for the first time. I...

The company's latest venture is groundbreaking. Together with a renewable energy company, the Bio Group, it has formed the Adnams Bio Energy Ltd. joint venture. It will take its own brewing waste and food waste from the local area to produce biomethane using anaerobic digestion -- a new take on...

To create an empty primary bucket, I need to rack the beer currently in the container to a 5 gallon glass carboy. The problem is, I do not have a carboy bung for the glass carboy. Since the beer going into the glass carboy is being racked after 2 weeks in the primary. Can I just create a...

I found a used kegerator on craigslist for $250. It hasn't been used in 2 years. Besides replacing all the hoses and cleaning, sanitizing everything, I plan on buying a new Cornelius keg, 2-gauge regulator, and new CO2 tank. What should I be looking for in terms of defects? As long as...

Is there a trick to bottling evenly over the course of 5 gallons? Should I stir the beer (slowly) once in a while during the bottling session, to make sure the beer is more even at the end? I'm bottling an English Pale Ale right now and noticed the hibscus, tea-like flavor is stronger over...

I decided to replace this recipe's hops with some Amarillo, Cascade and Cluster hops I have laying around. I put this recipe together with the help of beercalculus. I would love to get some advice on the hop schedule and also what flavor profiles you think, this American IPA will produce. I'd...

I'm planning on dry hopping an English Pale Ale recipe with Kent hops. At my LHBS they recommended hop plugs instead of dry hopping with pellets. Do you use pellets or plugs, and why? Thanks, J

Does carbonation typically have a peak period? Is the carbonation stronger in the beginning, before tailing off. Assumptions: 3 Week Bottling Time 4.2 Gallons of Beer Bottling Temp 72 Desired Carb Range was 2.0 2.68 Ounces of priming sugar. I'm also wondering if all the carbonation I'm...

Is the natural evolution of a homebrewer? Extract Kits >> Partial Mash >> All-Grain. Is there any reason to do a partial mash before taking the plunge to all-grain? How many extract kits did you make before you "moved up"?

I was discussing this with a buddy, and I decided to consult the Oracle (Homebrewtalk). Does your beer gain any % increase of alcohol while conditioning in the bottle? Or is primary or secondary fermentation the only real place where you have a chance to affect the amount of alcohol in your...

Today is bottling day for my first extract kit. Here are my preparation steps. 1 - 5 Gallon Bottling Bucket w/Spigot filled with water and 1oz of StarSan 24 - Brown 12 oz Bottles 18 - Brown 30 0z. Bottles 1 - Cleaning Brush 1- Auto-Siphon w/hose attached 1 - Bottling Tube (skinny tube...

I know this is a loaded question, but I've been reading up a bit on the history of beer, and never have I found one ancient culture that expressed the need for a sanitized beer making environment. Are we being overly anal about sanitizing equipment or is a drop of unsterilized tap water...

If I plan to keep my first batch of beer in the primary for 3 weeks, do I really even need to take a Hydrometer reading? I'm assuming that taking a reading in the first week of fermentation is mostly for brewers who want to rack their beer to a secondary fermenter. -or Should I take a...

Hey guys, First of all this is a great forum with tons of knowledge, resources and articles you just can't find in books. Reading about 4 hours of this forum gave me the confidence to go ahead and start my own kit this past weekend. 10/18/09. I got into brewing after overhearing a few...

I made the mistake of using a lid that was not air tight, after brewing on Sunday night at 9pm. I was able to cool my wort, rehydrate & pitch the yeast (80F) and find a cool dark place (68F-72F) for my fermentation. After 24 hours (Monday 9pm), I did not see any fermentation activity in the...