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Brewday was approaching and I had to fire up the fermentation chamber. Unfortunately I had a corrupt filesystem on my pi 2 so I had to rebuild it. I rebuilt it on a pi zero wireless. ($5 at microcenter) So far so good! (using arduino controller) The shutdown script should be part of the...

I used BRY-97 a few times, twice with Brewers Best Black IPA kits. (which I plan on keeping a steady supply of...) When used this yeast dry it was always very slow to start, scary slow... The last time I used it I made a 1.5l yeast starter. When the starter finished I cold crashed till brew day...

Is it a crazy thought that our LBS's could supply brewing water, doing all the necessary magic? I'm all for learning but seems like something the experts could do for some of us new brewers. Tim

Update - This turned out to be a nice beer but not as planned. It is a nice Ale but it has more esters than expected. Not over the top, but not slight either. Fermentation temperature-wise I would have expected much lower esters. In retrospect, given the OG (1.058) I believe I under pitched...

I used BRY-97 on batch #8 for me, which a double batch of Mr Beer Oktoberfest with the addition of 2lb Amber LME and 2 oz Hallertau hop pellets. (20 min boil on the hops and LME, the MB extracts and booster packs were added at the end of the boil) (...I did a similar recipe in the past that...

This is an interesting thread. It is curious that often things seem fine in the fermentor but go south after bottling or kegging. I wonder if the sanitizer solution is contributing chlorine during the rack which mixes with the phenols producing chlorophenols. I use tap water and starsan, no...