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I'm sure this has been discussed ad nauseum.. but I'm just not sure what I did wrong. My yeast starter isn't starting... can anyone help me find what I did wrong? White Labs 001 California yeast Mixed 2 cups water and a 1/2 cup DME in a flask; boiled and let cool to 89F. Then I put the yeast...

I'm afraid I stopped fermentation in my Stout before it was done and am wondering if it's worth pitching again to be sure; or whether there is anything else I can/should do. Last week I brewed a Stout and it "bubbled" for about 3 days. On the fourth day, I accidentally dropped the temp to...

I'm getting ready to brew a Stout and am paying attention to pH for the first time. The thing I'm most confused about is whether mash water pH should be measured before grains are added, or after the mash is complete. The tap water, which I've been using for about a year and with which...

I just made a batch and measured Wort Gravity so I can could calculate my efficiency. From my calculation, it looks like 40% - 56% (Ugh) Would you all look at my numbers to see if you can spot anything I did wrong? 5 gallon batch started with 7 gallons of water (I'm not sure which to use)...

I've seen a lot of posts on this, but want to clarify something. http://www.brewing-tips.com/gelatin-finings/ says to use 1.5 grams of gelatin. This thread https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/gelatin-fining-138118/ says a Tablespoon Are these numbers equal for Gelatin? Can anyone confirm...

I am brewing a Lager using White Labs 840 (American Lager). The bottle suggests a temp of at least 70degF to start fermentation. The recipe I'm using calls for 14 days of fermentation at 55 - 58degF In this case should I start the fermentation at 70 and then drop to 55 once it...

I've got a batch of beer that appears to be still bubbling after 4 weeks. Typically, rather than taking gravities to determine when fermentation ends, we just wait until the beer stops bubbling. This batch, however, is still bubbling. I took an gravity reading last night and it was 1.010...

I thought I heard, or read, that when doubling a recipe one doesn't always simply double the ingredients. That said, I doubled a recipe on beertools.com and the resulting ingredients for a 10 gal batch were exactly double the ingredients for a 5 gal batch Can you all help me clarify the...

I just make a Stout with my own recipe. It has a good stout flavor with some fruitiness. I'm wondering what might have caused the fruitiness (It's OK to drink, but the fruitiness isn't my favorite quality) 10 lbs Dark Munich .5 Chocolate .75 Patent .5 Carapils 2 Crystal 60 1 oz...

I have got a Brew Monkey recipe with the following Hop timings, and need some help intepreting. 1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00%] (0 min) Hops - 1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00%] (15 min) Hops 6.6 IBU 1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00%] (20 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 8.9 IBU...