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After moving from primary to seconday today, I estimate I'm about .5 gallons shy of 5... Lots of aeration when I poured my wort into last beers yeast, no doubt. Aeration creates bubbles, which make it really difficult to measure 5 gallons through side of bucket scale (Maybe I should start...

I've had a starter in a canning jar for about a week now... It appears to have a spec (1cm diameter) of mold on top of it. My take is that the mold is only on top and that I can use a sanitized spoon to remove it? Am I right? Or is the mold throughout and is only showing on top because it...

From the last pale batch I did, I harvested the yeast, and refrigerated in baby food jars. Today I brewed a pale that ended up around 1.051. My problem was that I thought a starter could be made during the ~2h needed to steep/boil. I must be mistaken after reading other posts here where...

I'm wanting to brew the following recipe today: Batch size: 3 gal OG: 1.076 FG: 1.009 SRM: 5 IBU: 62 Ingredients: 2.5 lbs Belgian two-row 2.5 lbs Belgian pils 1 lb clear invert sugar 1 lb pilsener DME 1 oz Northern Brewer (60 min) .5 oz Sterling (20 min) .5 oz Sterling (10 min)...

I attempted my first partial mash-an english brown ale. Of course, I have questions... I followed deathbrewers instructions (easy to follow--thx to deathbrewer). One of my questions has to do with batch size. I start with 2g of strike, two 2g of sparge. After I complete the partial mash...

I'm new... I have always enjoyed drinking beer, and recently finished my basement... With that, I bought a kegerator. When I did research on the kegerator design/models/etc, I found the homebrewing hobby. I'm all in. I have two beginner batches brewing now, and have lurked on this forum for...