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So made a yeast starter with some London Ale Yeast on wednesday around 7pm at night PST. Has yeast nutrient and 3/4 cup of DME in about 1200ml of water that was boiled with the DME for 15 minutes and then cooled to 80 degrees, aerated and yeast pitched. Yeast was plenty viable...think the date...

So i picked up some Rye from a neighbor that was moving and selling all his worldly possessions. He gave me the little amount of homebrew stuff that he had and i went ahead and took the Rye thinking it may be good. now i think this stuff could be anywhere from 6 months to 2 years old. How...

So I made a wit on June 22nd which was 17 days ago...came out to a 1.051 wit. I used a 1.5L starter with some belgian ale yeast and when i threw the starter in i didnt put the flask in the fridge overnight like i usually do to settle the yeast out i just pitched the whole starter straight in...

Soooo I have been calculating calibrating and crunching numbers for over a week getting ready to do my first fly sparge and really get the math behind writing grain bills, determining boil gravity...hitting the OG you want etc etc..... yea well 70 minutes into my sparge with about 30% more to...

So after my very first All grain batch last week i made an immediate decision that i would switch to fly sparging. I only have a few questions in regards to the technique. 1. When i did batch sparge i used 2qts per pound of grain for my strike water and 1/2 gallon per pound of grain for my...

So after my very first All grain batch last week i made an immediate decision that i would switch to fly sparging. I only have a few questions in regards to the technique. 1. When i did batch sparge i used 2qts per pound of grain for my strike water and 1/2 gallon per pound of grain for my...

Soooo i have to bottle condition any of my batches and everytime i wanna take beer somewhere i just fill up out of my keg and drink those beers within a few days. My question is if you bottle a fully carbonated beer from a keg into a bottle, will the bottle become lose its carbonation after a...

How long is too long to wait before pitching a starter? im assuming as long as 2 months or so....i wanna do my first starter tonight and I am going out of town this weekend so instead of brewing friday and then leaving my newly brewed beer completely unmonitored for the first two days i think i...

So I have brewed about 5 extract batches now and got the process down to what i think is a T and am going to attempt to write my first recipe figured I would write it out post it here and get your guys opinions and see if there are anythings I have way off or you would recommend changing...

So i just got to drink my dunkelweizen...had never heard of this type of hef before but the guy at the LHBS said it was like a chocolate hef and i was like man that sounds pretty good. Now being that i have never tried a dunkelweizen before i dont know what flavor profile it should have. My...

is there anywhere around you can get a table or chart or list showing what liquid yeasts are equal to dry leasts IE WLP001=US-05

So here i post to my first major concern out of 5 batches that have all been successful brews. My problem is it has been almost 24 hours since i pitched the yeast and i have zero signs of fermentation. Not sure how long i should wait till i should worry but ive never had it take longer than 16...

About ready to siphon my beer into my home keg...was really wondering how long it would take if i used the corn sugar to carbonate the beer rather than force carbonation....i know force carb can take about 2-3 days (ive heard and tried the rock n roll method with zero success i still have flat...

anyone have any good sites to get some larger stainless kettles (8 gallons preferred) for under 100 bucks....or is this what i should expect to pay?

Was wondering what you guys think the best way of adding a very vanilla flavor to a porter (or any beer i guess)...LHBS gave me some vanilla beans and told me to soak them in just enough vanilla vodka for the same amount of time that the batch of beer is fermenting, i.e. two weeks, and then to...

Ummm just a couple questions before I rack my first hef from the primary to a keg....seeing this is a beer that large amounts of yeast provide flavor and are to be expected do i need to let the fermenting bucket settle for a bit after i move it from where i ferment (bathtub) to where i rack...

So i am not quite sure this is the right forum for this but seeing as there are so many DIY ideas and designs on here i figured id post here. Well i bought my first set up about 3 days ago and got it fully put together and what i thought would be fully dialed in. The issue im having is just tons...