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im wondering that the difference may be temperature. normally i'm on the high side and put fermenter upstairs in my warm bedroom, this recipe recomended cooler fermentation so i have left it downstairs . its currently at 62 on the stick-on thermometer other times its closer to 70 degrees.

also lately i have been using a cheap aquarium pump and stone to aeriate. last night i had to leave the wort aeriating for about an hour while i prepared the yeast.

the wort was approximately 74 -76 degrees. the reason im worried is that i have never done a yeast starter and i have always had fermentation by the next morning! ive done about 25 to 30 batches from various kits

okay guys any tips would be appreciated. I recently obtained a brewers best ipa kit for my birthday and made it last night. all went as normal except for the new addition of a homemade wort chiller made from copper that dropped my cooling times down from 45 -55 mins to 8 minutes! awesome! the...

yeah i just havent seen this much action before. There is like a current in the middle of the carboy draging large amounts of the sediments up to the top. so far the foam hasnt made it to the airlock but I have dealt with that before just a little messy.

hello I have a slight concern. I just recently got back into brewing and have a second batch going that I boiled yesterday. I purchased a newcastle clone from midwest supplies called oldcastle. fermintation started today but there are very large and abundant sediments flying all over the place...