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Sorry for the blatant double post, but I dropped this under "science" (seems somewhat reasonable, right?) and then realized this forum was more suitable... I am trying to gain a practical understanding of yeast propagation, as it relates to starters. I keep seeing something that I just...

I am trying to gain a practical understanding of yeast propagation, as it relates to starters. I keep seeing something that I just can't make any sense of. White Labs says that a single stage starter will create a 4-5 times increase in cell count, and Wyeast says it's more like 6 times...

So, a few batches back, I did three almost identical batches in a row. These were a Snow Cap clone, FWIW. The first and last were good, but the middle one had a weird flavor to it. I'm now reading about autolysis, and thinking maybe that was it, even though I can't find a taste description...

Opposite of the question that was asked earlier, sort of. I'm thinking about making an IPA type thing with good hoppiness, but somewhere around 4% ABV. This would be for something to take camping, etc., in plastic bottles, so we can enjoy a good tasty beer but without so much of the happy...

I need some advice on late addition/dry hopping. I want to produce an imperial IPA type brew with a nose like a freshly cut bag of hops, like Inversion if you've ever tried that. I just kegged a 6-gallon batch that I dry hopped with an ounce of Cascade for a week; nothin'. It barely smells...

I searched and found some discussion on carbonating with dry ice, but nothing about cold crashing. It's about impossible for me to get my conical fermenter into a fridge, so I thought maybe I could toss in some dry ice to chill it where it sits. Anybody ever do this? I'm thinking I might...

Well, I'm happy to say that with some good advice from this forum, I now have two quite good batches of Snow Cap Ale clone under my belt :mug: The last batch, I finally got my hop straining nightmare kicked to the curb. The bazooka screen works awesome. I shot for 6 gallons, which I almost...

These guys seem to claim it works. http://www.homebrewstuff.com/servlet/the-165/Home-brew-beer-filter/Detail Does this mean I can keg, chill, filter, force carb, and start drinking my beer as soon as active fermentation grinds to a halt for less than $3 extra per batch? Sounds too good to be...

I picked up a used Affordable Conical (http://www.minibrew.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=6), but it's an older one and does not have the racking valve. That means you have to get the trub really well cleaned out before dumping the beer. I would like to add a rotating...

Hello all, just joined yesterday. My first batch was Cooper's IPA extract, and it came out pretty good, considering. I naively watered it down to 6 gallons, which gave me an OG of 40, and so it was understandably "weak" in every way, but otherwise drinkable. Apparently I'm capable of...