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  1. Murrayatuptown

    Recognizing Good/bad aging in Stout/Porter?

    I still have some bottles of an out-of-ABV-range Baltic Porter bottled 1/21. Bottle-conditioned 9 months, carbonation remains a little low. ABV was 12.34%. Was a 9.5-10.5% extract kit I added 1% corn sugar boost pack to, then erred a little in LME (+5.4% weight error). Aeration, 2 sachets of...
  2. Murrayatuptown

    Using yeast cake instead of packets

    I have been reading all these posts about reusing yeast cake in subsequent brews. The mess at the bottom of my carboy I learned how to clean out? I suppose something that large might have a random amount of viable yeast...apparently at minimum, 'enough' to 'if you can't take the heat, stay out...
  3. Murrayatuptown

    First 5-gal, aged LME, duh...

    OK, I'll start with 'duh'. Moving on... First 5-gal extract kit brew commences Sunday the 13th (Dec. 2020). Outdoors, hopefully snow instead of rain. Procrastination takes time. So does making room to park the carboys. Too much krap. Anyway, the important thing is actually starting this. I...
  4. Murrayatuptown

    Newbie question on first wort chiller 'degreasing' wash

    Hi: I've only done a few 1 gallon kits & am getting ready to do my first 5-gallon...all new equipment & doing it outside. Bought a small (25') stainless steel coil wort chiller, not as thermally efficient as copper, but I'm tired of purchasing more & more things. Instrux say to degrease it...
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