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I ordered this yeast online, and it showed up at my door today frozen solid. Now I know yeast are single-celled organisms and can be damaged by being frozen, but what about all of the bacterial cultures in this yeast blend? (Brettanomyces, Lactobacillus and Pediococcus). I'm planning on...

I'm trying to create a pale ale that's not too bitter, still has a nice aroma and flavour from the hops, and also has a nice amount of malty body to it. I'd appreciate any advice! Also, I've never used this hop combination before, but I imagine they'd work well together. Style: American...

Hi all, Looking for advice on a single hop galaxy IPA. This will be the first recipe that I've formulated myself (previously I've been using Jamil's recipes, with a few modifications), so I'd like anyone's advice on my grain bill/hop schedule. Here goes: Batch Size: 5.50 gal Boil...

Maybe a stupid question, but couldn't find the answer. Does a yeast starter for a lager need to ferment at lager temps? I know it needs to be close to the temp of the wort by the time it's ready to pitch but while the yeast are multiplying, does it need to be kept cool?

This may be a stupid question but I'll ask regardless :) I like to dry hop my beers and to prevent all the hop material from entering my bottling bucket, I've been wrapping a hop bag around the end of the racking cane. When I do this, lots of bubbles seem to form in the siphoning tube. Will...

A lot of extract recipes in Beersmith call for liquid malt extract. Is it safe to assume that you can sub out dry malt extract of the same weight for liquid malt extract? Or is there some other conversion calculation?

I'm planning on dry hopping my cream ale with some fresh grated ginger in the secondary. Would I need to sterilize or pasteurize the ginger at all before adding? Bear in mind I want to keep as much of the fresh ginger taste/aroma as possible. I added some ginger to my boil for flavour...

I'm currently fermenting a Brew House IPA kit. I decided I wanted the abv% to be a bit higher than the kit suggests, so I topped it up with 4L of water instead of the recommended 8L. This gave me an O.G of 1.068. The instructions say that it should be between 1.040 - 1.050 (if you add the...

I live in a south-facing apartment condo where the temperature usually gets to 24ºC (75ºF) during the day. I don't have any way of cooling my apartment off other than opening a window or my patio door when I get home from work. I just bottled my first batch, which was a Brew House Pilsner, and...