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Brewing the Midwest ferocious IPA tomorrow. Using WLP 007 (best before May 27th). I have always made a starter. Don't have the time. Can I just pitch the one vial or should I go get another one. Do I risk a stall or a sweet beer with only one vial ? Any thoughts Slainte Sent from my iPhone...

Anyone use brown sugar for bottling. Have 4oz of corn sugar but need 5 oz. was going to add 1 oz of brown sugar. Any issues with this ? Slainte

Currently fermenting an Amber Ale with us-05. First time using this yeast. Pitched the yeast at 62 degrees sat. evening. Have the temp controlled fermentation chamber set min 62 max 64. Fermomator strip Is reading 58. Their is a nice head of krausen. Is this too low of a temp for this yeast ...

Brewing an amber ale. Question is what's the optimum temp to take you pre boil at ? At 140 degrees beersmith calculates 1.025 to be 1.044. At 80 degrees it calculates 1.040 to be 1.042. Any ideas ? Slainte

Quick question, is CaraPils malt the same as Caramel malt-40L. thanks

Can anyone tell me what this means? It seems to contradict AG brewing when it says no for recommended mash ? Roasted Barley (Briess) Amount: 4.0 oz Use: Mash addition (2.4%) - 300.0 SRM Origin: US Supplier: Briess Type: Grain Color: 300.0 SRM Recommend Mash: No Max in Batch: 0.0% Yield: 72.0%...

Hi All Just got the app. Had a question about the Batch Sparge Options Batch Sparge: Yes Use equal batches: No Fill mash tun: 90.0 % Drain tun before sparge: No What do they mean by use equal batches. I thought that you use 1.5 times the amount of water when batch sparging. Any help Slainte

Hi All, I brewed my first AG last Sunday. It was a simple Hefe, 6lbs of german pilsner and 6lbs of german wheat malt. The whole mash and sparge went very well. Mashed at 154 only lost 1degree over the hour, sparged at 170 for 10 minutes. From the first runnings I attempted with my wine...

Brewed first SG Sunday. Aerated with Williams wand. Pitched 1 liter starter. No activity till Monday now it's crazy. In a 6.5 gallon Carboy with blow off tube into bucket. All full of krausen. Anyone use this before ? Attaching pics Slainte

First AG went very well today. 10 gallon round igloo held temp to within one degree, started at 154 after an hour it was 153. First running's was 2.5 gallons. Batch sparged with 170 water, 4 gallons. ended up with 7 gallons total. Preboil OG was 1.074, can that be true, preboil was supposed to...

Hi all Ended up with 7 gallons of worth. My Og adjusted for temp is 1.030. IBrewmaster says pre boil I should be at 1.049. So I am on the low side. What can I do add some DME late in the boil ? It's a hefe I'm brewing Slainte

Has anyone used thus product. My water has a high PH and I am brewing a hefe today. Would this product help to lower my PH , or should I just add calcium chloride ? Slainte

Going to brew my first all grain Saturday. This is our local water company's water report. Can anyone decipher it, do I need to add anything to the mash ? any help would be appreciated. Slainte

Just cracked open my Robust Porter and it is totally fabulous. Great taste nice hint of coffee and chocolate. Nicely carbed as well. Looks like I'll be drunk tonight. 😜 Slainte

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Which do ye use, or which do you prefer or which is better ? Slainte

Hi All, I am going to make a paddle for stirring in the grains into my 10 gallon mash tun. If I make it out of oak do you think the oak will impart any weird flavors into the mash. Has anyone else made one and if so what type of wood did they use ? Slainte

I understand that the optimum temp for conditioning is 72. If the temp was to rise to say 76/78 would that be bad for the beer ? Slainte

Hi All Just about to bottle 5 gallons of Port O Palmer. According to his nomograph I calculate 2.5 oz's of corn sugar. Calculated with 65 temp for beer and 2 for volumes of CO2. This seems low to me ? Any help would be appreciated Slainte

Hi All Just about to bottle 5 gallons of Port O Palmer. According to his nomograph I calculate 2.5 oz's of corn sugar. Calculated with 65 temp for beer and 2 for volumes of CO2. This seems low to me ? Any help would be appreciated Slainte