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I think it might be a tad too cold, dipping to a bit below 40F even.

It's hard to see it, but its like a few dots on both carboys in the same place. Really odd looking.

Just finished brewing a 10 gallon batch of pilsner. I pitched Wyeast smack pack into it and it's currently lagering at 40-45F. Anyway, 24 hours in, I nocite white spore like formation on the top. Is that normal?

The plan here is to brew a 10 gallon batch of lager. We have the Budvar lager yeast, BUT we only have one pack, which is apperently only for 5 gallons. Would it be ok to put this in a 10 gallon batch anyway?

For all its worth, before someone asks I'm not sure of the OG or any gravity readings for that matter, lol

So we brewed an Oatmeal stout batch in February, and its currently in the secondary. It's been in the secondary for about 5 weeks and its probably overdue on coming out and being bottled. However, all of the yeast has sunk to the bottom, and there is about a 2 inch sediment layer in each carboy...

hmm, that site definatley sells LME lol. I'll look into both I guess and compare. I've just always used LME and a bit reluctant to use DME.

I was thinking of purchasing LME but I can't seem to find any sites that sell it, with the main concern being to ship to Canada. Anyone know where I can buy it and maybe even some specialty grains? I know www.midwestsupplies.com sells LME kits but I'm leaving them as a last resort type of thing...

Ok so I made a 5 gallon partial grain czech pilsner, all went well as far as the actual brewing, then as I went to pitch the white labs vial that had arrived that day I noticed it's 3 months past the 'best before' date printed on there. White Labs and skinaney brewing (who shipped me it after a...

Thanks for the comments guys, I'll keep you updated on the brewing that happens this week. We have plans for maybe 3 brews in 7 days.

The best darn class there is.

The temps weren't that high actually. I went between my cellar 17Celcius and then bucket of water wich at peaks got to maybe, 21C for a bit.

I think that simliar scenario happened here, thanks for that. The yeast I used was an all purpose Munton's dry yeast. Don't think I'll be using it again. Also I can't believe I forgot to mention, but its an "Octane IPA" kit.

Ok, so I just tried my first brew, wich is a mini mash "Octane IPA" kit. The pour: This was a huge hit or miss situation as there was a high chance this wouldn't even be carbonated. Much to my surprise though, the bottle hissed a bit when it was opened and the beer poured with a fairly good...

So I think skinaney ripped me off... I emailed them and was told to send $24 paypal for 2 vials + shipping. I did, and never heard from them again / they don't answer their phone. It's been at least 2 weeks.

Being the curious person I am I once drank a bit of the vodka from the airlock after like 3 weeks. Carbonated vodka is disgusting, never do this.

How hard is it to get yeast from "bottle fermented" beers such as the trappist beer Chimay for example? I was thinking of doing this for my belgian ale? Any steps I should fallow and is this overall a good or bad idea?

what is whirpooling if you don't me asking?

Also is this acceptable? http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3724/2638/1600/IMG_6697.jpg A lot of it is still settled in the bottom.

Ah, we just squeezed it out as much as possible, and then filled it with hot wort and emptied it a few times for the rest.