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Thanks for all the reply. I will follow up on the links and find what works best for me.

i will have to check this out, thanks!

im just wondering what people use for there calculator , with it being a app or site .. i been using Brewgr site but i end up with an extra .5 gal of wort all the time if i dont factor it in.. im just doing a single infusion / batch sparge with my brews!

Thanks for the input Maddcow . I was thinking the same but was not sure

im not asking if it hurt your head to read.. thats all the yeast i had on hand at the time and both were past expiration date .. all the rest of my rye are done with 05 yeast.. im wondering if one yeast took over the other yeast

i made a rye beer 2 mths ago and i used 2 kinds of dry yeast one was a Safale S-04 about a mth past exp date and the 2nd was Safbrew S-33 about 8 mth past exp date.. i ferment temp was about 64 f .. the beer caMe out great. my question is do you think one yeast took over the other in the ferment...

i do have to agree with you dmarc85 , im getting gallons of great beer as well :) . i just kegged a 5 gal batch tonight and took a sample of it the tast is good i followed the last recipe i did last time and pitch yest from a older slurry . i let this one go longer in the fermenter (3 weeks) do...

i used yeast from 2 widmer hef bottles along with a yeast starter (650 ml water to 1/2 cup of light dme boil for 10 mins then cool down and pitch your yeast from the widmer hef bottles) just be sure to keep everything sanitized when making the starter . oh i also used a lil bit of Wyeast...

alright report time.. this beer is tasting real good. i just tapped it . i dont think i will ever hit this clone spot on but i have to say this is close to it.. i think doing a lower sachh @ 149 help, along with cutting back on the 10 and 40 L ... :mug: im glad it came out good because i made...

im finishing up a nice rye all grain i put together myself with a 2 blend yeast :)

i would have to say the yeast played a good part in it.. after i had one of my beers do that all i use is hose method tell it starts to slow down then i will put an airlock in.. my first was a wlp 400 yeast i used on a blue moon clone years ago. my most recent was a yeast i pulled from a bottle...

heres something i found its a bit of a read. i will link the source i got it from so you can read the stuff i have missed... source: ( https://www.wyeastlab.com/com-yeast-harvest.cfm ) Yeast Harvesting / Re-Pitching Harvesting and re-pitching yeast is a common practice in most breweries...

i was telling a friend how important good water is to brew with.. he sent me a water analysis report from his town but i dont know how to break it down for him.. is his water good for brewing ? do he need to add anything to it? here is the attched file he sent me

Looking good dmarc. Ill post mine soon . Got it setting in keg in a fridge in the garage case I got my keggerater full with rye brew right now... :)

update ..... beer has been fermenting a week now.. took a taste tonight of it and its tasting good... its lighter in color and Spritzer like a widmer .. next brew i will try to find out what blend of hops in there Alchemy thay use for bittering and try that.. but over all its good! :)

alright , i did another run on this brew this weekend! 6 lbs 2-row 3 lbs white wheat 4 oz 40 l 6 oz 10 l hops (30 ish ibu) .38 oz warrior 60 mins (aa 16.5) 1 oz cascade 5 mins (aa 5.1) 1 oz willamette 5 mins (aa 5.1) i did a sachh rest at 149 F and a mash out at 168 F we will see...

i posted pics on my brew already for that last brew.. but getting ready to brew up another one when i get my wheat in next week . like you said about cutting back on the 40l . i think i might do the same and also on my willamette and cascade hops i will add them both at 10 mins left in boil and...

i dont know what took me so long to switch to all grain but sure glad i did! that looks like beer porn to me! looks good, myself i would have held off on the Irish Moss so i can have that cloudy look. heres what i used in my batch 5 gal batch: 6 lbs 2 row 3 lbs white wheat 6 oz 40l...

How did yours come out JLeuck64