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I was intending to brew a lager last weekend, but life happened and I wasn't able to do so. I'm planning to brew this weekend but I didn't know if I should make another starter? I had made a step-up starter of WLP038 from 1 liter to 3 liters to reach my target of 595 billion cells (according...

I'm fascinated that a single ingredient can create such a variety in the resulting beer depending on how that ingredient is manipulated and the ratios. So I got to wondering, does anyone have a good source to read up on how exactly a maltster creates different malts? For example: is...

I am trying to improve my efficiency, and I know one mistake brewers often make is mashing at a temp that is either too high or too low. I have a cooler mash tun setup and a 10 gal pot that I use to heat water to whatever temp beersmith tells me based on my recipe and equipment setup. When I'm...

I have a bottle conditioned Oktoberfest beer that seems to be undercarbed. I'm hoping someone can help me figure out where I went wrong and how to fix it. It fermented in primary for 3 weeks then lagered at 33 deg F in secondary for another 6 weeks. I added table sugar to carb according to...

Couple of questions here. I've got a jar of White Labs Oktoberfest/Marzen yeast in my fridge that I washed from my Oktoberfest that is currently lagering. I am looking to make a dark munich lager similar to Warsteiner Dunkel for my next beer and I'm wondering if I could or should use this yeast...

I'm hoping some more experienced brewers can help me out here with a fermentation issue. I've got an American Wheat that has been fermenting for 11 days. OG of 1.042 with 1 pack of US-05 at 72 deg F. I've taken 3 gravity readings for 3 consecutive days to confirm fermentation was complete, and...

Hoping some more experienced brewers can help me out here. I've got an American Wheat that has been fermenting for 11 days. OG of 1.042 with 1 pack of US-05 at 72 deg F. I've taken 3 gravity readings for 3 consecutive days to confirm fermentation was complete, and I've gotten a reading of 1.004...