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Ahhh... yes. Ale yeast is top fermenting yeast. Makes total sense. Anyway, to wrap this up and put a bow on it, I transferred a bunch of the Krausen from the good bucket into the bad bucket, and half a day later it was bubbling away. I won't be comparing the two yeasts, but I'll still have 10...

That's a great idea to use a wine thief to get the trub off the bottom of the "good" bucket. I was thinking it would be better to grab some sludge from the bottom instead of just some wort, but couldn't think of a good way to do that without sticking my whole arm down there! I'll probably just...

I brewed on Wednesday, 10 gallons like I always do. Dry stout. Split into two different fermentation buckets. I thought I'd try two different yeasts. Wyeast and Omega. Here it is Friday and the omega test is off and running. Nothing from the Wyeast. I was a little concerned when the smack pack...

I'm guessing your or your wife's work doesn't have a league? Too obvious - you would have figured out that one on your own. If you became a member somewhere you'd be set, but I'm also guessing that's not going to happen. I'd say your best bet is to just call around to your area courses and...

thank you. I now have $25 that I would have wasted to now spend on something useful! :ban:

I have the option to get 2 of these "air tanks" for $25. Are these oxygen tanks? The valve doesn't look the same as my CO2 tank. are they easily converted to CO2? Is this a potential score, or a waste of $25? thanks

So I saw an ad for Boxofbeermagnets.com in zymurgy, I think. The website leaves a lot to be desired, but I think this could be of interest to me. Anyone bought the box of beer magnets that could comment on it? Quality, # of magnets, cost, etc.? I've been meaning to call, but I haven't had a...

IPAs? Really? I never would have thought to try that. I love IPAs. I'll have to give that a go. Thanks for the idea! :mug:

I'm absolutely loving my dry stout served on my new nitrogen setup with a stout faucet! The question is, what other beers are good served like this? Would any stout (american, oatmeal, etc.) be just as good? Any others styles (British ales maybe)? I did a search (both here and general...

I'm with remillard. Just release almost all the pressure from the keg first. If it starts pouring too slowly, give it a shot or two of gas and you'll be back in business. It's certainly worth a try before you buy a beer gun or spend time rigging up some contraption, which is what I tried...

I've been doing this for quite a while now... https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/weight-based-gravity-measurement-88821/ And yep, a 5% beer will lose about 755g as it ferments. (some will stay in solution making up for the other 28g of CO2) :mug:

This happened to me once. I hooked the gas line up to an empty keg with the gas shut off. Lifting the end of the line and working my way toward the keg, I could use gravity to drain most of it into the keg. Then I gave it a bunch of quick shots of CO2 which forced what little was left in the...

Does no one else still notice a plastic taste with Tygon B-44-4x? Every review on homebrewtalk that I could find said "zero" plastic taste, so I bit the bullet and dropped ~$60 for 60ft. of it, but the plastic taste is still there for me. Granted, it's better, maybe even much better, but I...

I just swapped out my plastic-taste-leeching beer lines with Tygon B-44-4X last night. I had 8ft. lines previously and the pour was a tad too fast with the pressure set to 11psi. 9 or 10 ft. lines probably would have been perfect. With the tygon lines, I started with 14ft. There was no...

You mean to tell me some people DON'T tip? :eek: I tip every time with whatever I happen to find in the kitchen at the moment. Sometimes it's an empty Powerade bottle, sometimes it's a blank CD spindle, other times it's a napping cat, but I ALWAYS tip. why wouldn't you tip???

+1 to water, then grains. I mash in a cooler and I tried grains first a couple times, but had nothing but problems. Water first allows me to hit my temps easier and I seem to have no issues with dough balls.

+1 on calling. In my experience, they are terrible at replying to emails, but after calling, your problem will be resolved in about 30 seconds. Great customer service!

NEGATORY See this link, and download my spreadsheet. I've been doing some experimenting with weight-based gravity readings lately. I'm getting extremely accurate results. Within 1 gravity point. I've started to take readings throughout the fermentation and I'm finding that the formula...

I think you'll find most people here use 3/16ths. yes, that is half of 3/8ths. Unless you have really long lines, you'll do well to get 3/16ths beer lines.

On my kegs, the notch is "IN"