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Last night I cooked up a 2L starter for a 1.067 Midwest Oktoberfest lager. The yeast is Wyeast Oktoberfest Lager 2633 manufactured on 4/5/2013. It's been about 12 hours and it's chugging along real nice on a stir plate. I'd like to brew today in a few hours, but will that be enough time? Can I...

Last night I made my first attempt at making a yeast starter. I'll be brewing the AHS Anniversary IPA with Wyeast Greenbelt yeast. I picked it up a couple weeks ago when it was on sale. $21.99 was a bargin. Using http://www.yeastcalc.com/ I made a 1.5 liter starter based on an estimated 1.059...

Last night I made my first attempt at washing yeast after transferring my Oktoberfest. Below are pictures after the first wash. I'm having a tough time telling where the yeast ends and where the trub begins. This has been in the fridge overnight, so I'm sure I'll have to stir it up to suspend...

I'm getting ready to get my supplies ordered up for my Oktoberfest, but I need some clarification on making my yeast starter. I'm looking at the Midwest Supplies Oktoberfest Extract kit. Mr Malty says that with a 1.064 OG, 2 week old yeast (87% viability), and using a stir plate that I need a...

This is probably a super n00b weird question, but I wasn't really able to find an answer... My fermenting room sits right around 50 degrees. I use a heated water bath for my ales. Obvioulsy this is good for a lager fermentation, but that isn't always an option. My fridge only has room to...

Any suggestions for an Oktoberfest extract kit and type of yeast to use? This is going to my 3rd brew and my first lager. I have a root cellar that stay's right around 50 degrees all year. Is that ok for conditioning/ lagering or is it too warm?

Any suggestions for an Oktoberfest extract kit and type of yeast to use? This is going to my 3rd brew and my first lager. I have a root cellar that stay's right around 50 degrees all year. Is that ok for conditioning/ lagering or is it too warm?

I'm coming up on day 7 of the primary fermentation of an Irish Red Ale extract kit. I'm still getting airlock activity, a bubble every 30 - 45 seconds. I was going to let it sit in the primary for a full 2 weeks, then in the secondary for another 2 - 3 weeks at about 50 - 55 degrees. Finally...

I just received the Cologne Kolsch extract kit from Midwest Supplies for my second batch. I ordered it with the dry yeast that's included, but I was doing some reading and saw that they highly recommend liquid yeast. Should I order the liquid yeast or will I be ok with the dry yeast? Will it...

I've been reading a ton of posts here, so I figured I'd say hi and give a run down of my first home brewing experience from last Saturday. Who can think of a better thing to do on a sunny Saturday afternoon in Buffalo, especially since it was 45 degrees in January. For Christmas my girlfriend...