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I ordered some yeast online about a month ago, and it arrived after being in transit for about 6 days and sat on my porch for a few hours on a 90 degree day. Sunday morning I decided to make a yeast starter, and I have yet to see any real activity. Definitely no krausen, just a little bit of...

I've got a little extra cash right now, and want to upgrade my brewing equipment. Two challenges I have now are chilling wort and keeping fermentation temps down. Which would be the better initial investment as far as improving my beer, a swamp cooler for my fermentation area or an immersion...

Opened my first bottle of home brew last night, the first batch I've made in about 6 years, and was pleasantly surprised with the results. Much better than what I had made in the past. I think the difference this time has a lot to do with cleanliness, sanitizing everything, and better...

Hello - I bottled my first batch over the weekend, and was pretty happy with the process. The most difficult part though, was fitting the tube onto the spigot of my bottling bucket. It took us a good half hour of trying to heat it in hot water and stretching it over the spigot. I ended up...

Hello everyone, first time poster. I've got my first batch of IPA in a primary fermenter now, and am re-reading the instructions from the kit this morning. I just noticed that the instructions say that "A Yeast Starter needs to be made 1-3 days ahead of your brew day". Being the noob that...