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  1. McLainsAleHouse

    Do I need to re-pitch yeast?

    So I was cooling down a pumpkin milk stout about midnight last night and apparently my thermometer is now a little off. I ended up pitching yeast at 83 degrees, it was a dry packet of Safale US-05 which says the highest temp should be 77. My wort is now at 76 degrees and the little plastic cup...
  2. McLainsAleHouse

    Is an Extract version of Gruit possible?

    I'm a beginner but would eventually like to make a gruit (un-hopped) historical ale. I have a recipe but it's for all-grain and was wondering it was possible to make this with DME/LME since I don't have the room or equipment yet for all-grain brewing. This is based on a Scottish ale with a...
  3. McLainsAleHouse

    Can a plastic water jug be a carboy?

    I'm just wondering since I saw plastic carboys advertised. I have a bunch of empty water-cooler jugs in my basement and I was wondering if sanitized... could it be a carboy? Or is there something fundamentally different about the plastic?
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