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TLDR: Is the volume of co2 in a corney keg (5.5gallons) at 1-2psi enough to offset the loss of pressure in the fermentor (6.5 gallons) when crashing 5-5.75 gallons of wort from 65-33 degrees? At risk of overcomplicating things, i am trying to find a method other than the balloon full of co2 to...

Same idea of trying to consolidate them and submerge in a glycol reservoir.

I have a Wabi baby bottle UV sterilizer that im thinking could be useful for yeast handling equipment (mason jars/lids, stirbars, etc). any one have experience using something like this or know if this would be adequate as opposed to boiling. I would throw a cleaned item in, let it sit for 30...

I have been overbuilding starters to propagate for the next batch, and have been successful with two batches starting from a single pack of L13. In both cases fermentation began within 12 hours. However this third batch has gone 48 hours with zero airlock activity. At first I assumed I had a...

I just got around to adding a gas post to my fementer lid (7gal plastic bucket) to start implementing closed transfer/purge kegs with fermentation Co2, and it occurred to me i could use this setup for cold crashing as well. The plan is to : have the fermentor blow off into and purge a keg...

Dark spots and dark layer on the bottom

I am currently overbuilding yeast starters to store yeast for the next brew day, and i am hoping to take a single pack out to around 8+ brews for no real reason other than an arbitrary goal. i guess some what to save some money, although the dme cost for lager starters is adding up. and also to...

I have recently started fly sparing with very good results in mash efficiency (72% to 88% allegedly). I brewed a Bock and Helles bock both with an OG over 1060 with no issues. However, this weekend I brewed a german pils (og of 1048), and noticed that really early into the fly sparge that the...

Got a clinger on the side of the flask as seen in the picture below. is this valuable yeast or is it more likely a clump of DME? if yeast, should I try to knock it into solution? and if DME should i try to extract it with a sanitized utensil? I will be making a step up in the same flask so i am...