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Each vile is good for one batch of beer. A starter will verify that the yeast is good and increase the cell count which decreases the lag time between pitching and the start of fermentation. Under pitching can also lead to a stuck fermentation so a starter can also help your beer fully ferment.

I just racked into a keg and took a taste. It is really good and the pumpkin flavor is coming through well. I probably only got about 4 gallons in all, since there was another 2-3 inches of trub on the bottom of the secondary.

I dont bother taking the gravity anymore. It never seemed to be what it should when I used to take the starting gravity and I worried to much about it, so eventually I just stopped all together. The pumpkin(or at least the spices) was coming through good when I tasted it after 11 days, when I...

After reading all of the pumpkin ale recipes on the board I decided to try one of my own. This first started out as Samuel Smiths Winter Welcome clone(was looking to do a winter\christmas ale) but I decided to modify it to a pumpkin ale. 3/4 lbs. Crystal 60L 1/2 lbs. Crystal 20L 4 oz...

Yea, I heard vanilla mellows out in a few weeks. I let it age around 2 months, but I still did not like it enough to drink it. I do have a few that I bottled, so I will probably crack one open sometime soon, just to see what I think.

You're not. This was the first batch I dumped. I just never got over how strong the vanilla was. If I ever do anything with vanilla again I will not use more then 2oz.

I made this one and had the same reaction as you. I let it sit for about two months since people said it would mellow out. After two months I dumped it. It was nasty. I may never add vanilla extract to a brew again, but if I do, never more then 2 oz.

Has anyone who brewed this thought that 6 oz. of vanilla is way to much? I brewed this a few months ago and I will never add more than 3 oz. of vanilla to anything again.

I just made a Vanilla Cream Ale posted in the Recipe forum. My first impression was that the vanilla was too strong(2oz in primary, 4oz at bottling). I already chilled and carbonated the beer and it is in my kegerator now. Will the beer mellow out over a few weeks like this or should it be taken...

I brewed a stout I got from AHS. The recipe included 10lbs of Dark LME, 3/4lbs Crystal 40L, 1.3lbs Black Barley, 1/3lbs Black Patent, and 1oz Dark Chocolate. Anyways, when I got this kit I had also ordered a reusable bag for putting hops in(the bag is finer then a muslin bag so less gets...

I have been reading alot on various sites about homebrewing and on several I saw suggestions of adding a Iodophor solution to the airlock. I took this advice. I poured a couple of drops into the cap and dumped it into the airlock, then filled with water. I dumped most of this out and refilled to...