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I always pitch Nottingham. I actually hydrate it in a coffee mug full of wort for about 20 minutes. Normally after I pitch it I have activity in the airlock within 5 hours. For some reason my current batch took almost 60 hours... I don't know. I do know this. Something wants to live in...

This is funny. I just posted about this in another thread. Austin homebrew must have it more together than a lot of other kit manufacturers. I always add my extract in the last 20 minutes of the boil. If you boil for more than that it can cause caramel flavors in your beer and impart the...

I'm not the most experienced person here, so take this with a grain of salt. But I do not steep grains and then throw in malt and proceed with an hour long boil. The reason is that if you do this with extract you wind up with a caramel flavor, what people call the 'extract' flavor. If I had...

All, I just got a used ball lock soda keg at a very good price, and the outside of it looks fine. However, when I looked at the inside today I noticed significant scratches and dents in the bottom. Not sure how that could even happen. It almost looks like the liquid uptake tube came off...

All, I've enjoyed browsing the forums and hope that someday I can contribute something useful. I've been brewing on and off for a couple of years now, mostly experimenting with extracts and steeped grains. Now I've begun getting together the parts for a 10 gallon all grain system with a...

Thanks everyone for the prompt and informative replies. My nut brown ale is in primary fermentation and hopefully I will see some bubbles in the airlock soon.

All, I could use some advice with something that I haven't seen addressed in any other thread, though one came close, https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/starsan-plastic-107836/ This is the first time that I've used star san, and like a bonehead I added it to my fermenting bucket before...