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Have a batch of beer using WLP 005 (british ale yeast). This was mashed at low 150's (cooler gives a decently wide temp range in various sample points no matter how much I stir) at a mash-temp ph around 5.1, a bit low as I understand it. og 1049, currently at 1014. Fermented between 67-68f...

Hi, the below pic is from a flask of slurry I had mixed into a starter - the stopper has a bluish-green ring about where the liquid would have penetrated to when I shook it up (to oxygenate the DME wort). I have never seen anything like this before, so I assume the most likely vector is the...

Hi, short version, northern brewer shipped a false bottom (upside down) with about 25 pounds of stuff on top of it in a 15gal brew kettle. the false bottom handle collapsed, and did a good job putting moderately deep scratches into the bottom of the brew kettle. Are visible grooves...

Hi, Have this starter, made last week, (was to be used last week, schedule changed)...used a stir plate on this one, is this yeast or more likely infection? note - the black spot is actually on the outside of the flask

Hi, Recent AG batch has somewhat low attenuation, looking for any advice style - best bitter/esb yeast white labs irish ale 004 with starter 1 liter grain bill does contain just under 10% torrified wheat (does that matter? I assume it ferments out just fine, but first time I have...

Hi, Have done several batches of AG brew, using the 5-gal rubbermaid cooler system, and am finding that, after dough-in and considerable stirring.mixing, I still get some fairly wide fluxuations in temperature depending on where I put the probe - often 3 degrees F or more. On the odd occasion...

First AG batch, things went reasonably well until pitching. I think some yeast shipments cooked; pitched 2 smack packs which had only marginally inflated in 24 hours. after 60 hours, no gravity change (1051 og). had a 14-hour old 1-liter stirplate starter on hand I was going ot use for...

Hi, I have searched and didn't see anything obvious relating to this, though I have seen it discussed in other threads (who knows which ones) in the past. I have a dedicated frig for fermentation, with a digital thermostat. I keep the probe in a glass of water inside the frig at 65 or so. I...

Have searched this forum and there is some info but it doesn't seem to address this in detail, or is in a thread under another type discussion. On hand I have PBW and star-san. I need to clean and sanitize stainless steel pins (~5.4 US gal/4.5 UK) I obviously have to put a keystone in to fill...

Hi, I live in a high-rise building, and my only personal outdoor space is a balcony about 12x12x12. this balcony is open to the air on one side, has a concrete wall on another, and the 3rd and 4th sides are plexi with sliding glass doors. Depending on the wind, with the doors open, often...

Hi, I live in the tropics, and my tap water (even at night) is 80f or higher generally. In the context of chilling the wort post-boil, this obviously means my immersion chiller isn't going to drop it any lower, and ambient temperature in most of my house is around there. I can get one room...