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I'm tossing it. It didn't start at all, and looked just like dirty dishwater after 24 hours. This is my 76th brew using White Labs yeast and the first one to have a yeast problem. Had all kinds of other problems, but never the yeast. Now I did buy it from an unfamiliar store in a different...

I made my yeast starters yesterday and they are spinning. Usually by the next morning (now), the starters have noticeably thickened. But this time they hasn't. I've already started brewing, so I'm preparing for a possibly big problem - i.e. the yeast is dead. Good old WLP 001, but it's...

I have a pair of ball-lock 2-arys that I cut 1/2" off the dip tubes to prevent sucking up yeast and glop from the bottom. Since lagering takes so long, I'm gonna buy some extra dip tubes and cut them off - then I can change serving kegs into 2-arys (and reverse) whenever needed. $5 each...

Thanks folks. Life got in the way for awhile. Doing the d-rest now. Will go straight to serving keg.

I'm making my first lager, and need to know when to put it into a secondary fermentor. Before the diacetyl rest? After? Why? I brew 10 gal at a time. I have 2 glass carboys, and lots of Corny kegs. For ales, I rack from carboys to Cornies after 10 days, which frees up the carboys for the...

Thank you everybody for your suggestions. I adopted eric19312's suggestion of "Brew something you like" - that seems like a pretty sensible idea to me. I also adopted bobeer's suggestion of "keep it a simple grist". Brew 54B will be called "East-WEST Highway". The name comes from MD Route...

Perhaps I did not make myself clear. I know the yeast is NOT the difference between a NEIPA and a WCIPA. OK. I recently made a 10-gal split-batch of "Azanook" - an IPA with Chinook bittering hops and Azacca flavor/aroma hops. One 5-gal fermenter ("US") used WLP001 California Ale yeast, and...

I need ideas for an IPA recipe that will best display the differences between (a) WLP001 California Ale yeast, and (b) WLP008 East Coast Ale yeast. Remember in high school they taught us "only change one variable at a time"? I brew 10 gallon batches that get split into two 5 gallon carboys -...

The corny filter is Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B2S94FT or another of the many lookalikes on there. $13.99 The carbonation keg lid is from Amazon - one of the many lookalikes offered there. Here's what my perforated pipe looks like. It's 11-1/2" from the filter top to the crimp at...

And then they changed to the stupid little envelopes... Tonight, I got started on a Tap Handle kick. I was browsing through some homebrew sites, and noticed that they're selling fancy tap handles for like $40 each. Let's see, I have 4 plain black tap handles on my kegerator fridge. Wait -...

Hi folks, I want to kick my dry-hopping up a notch. I've been putting hops in a lingerie bag, and letting them sit in a secondary fermenter, or a serving keg, for 5 days. This works, but not great, because the hops just steep. I'll bet the Sierra Nevada "torpedo" method would work much...

Thanks guys. Every grain I sampled looks and tastes good. I think I'll use 50% old / new until I use it up. Saved me some real money, as I found I had a lot more stockpiled than I figured. Dave

I'm restarting my brewery after a three-year hiatus. I bought a year's supply of leaf hops (it's harvest time), and enough grain for my first two batches. So I'm wondering - is three-year-old grain still good? I have a fair supply of specialty grains (crystal, carapils, black patent, etc.)...

Well, yeah. Food Service items are always 304 Stainless Steel - easy to clean, easy to sanitize. I do purge with CO2, but now that you mention it, it is particularly important if you're planning to store it for awhile. OK, next question - why do "Big Beer" companies Pasteurize their beer...

How long can you store kegged beer at room temperature? My kegerator holds 4 cornys, but during the spring and fall, I want to brew a lot, so I'll have enough beer to last through the hot summer and cold winter months. How long can I keep full kegs at room temperature?

Nico, We'll be on a whirlwind tour - 2 days in Rome, Venice, Florence, Sorrento, and a couple of 1-day stops. So I won't have much time to go "beer hunting", especially since my wife doesn't share my passion (for beer, that is). Perhaps I should just enjoy your country's excellent wines...

I'm going to Italy on vacation soon, and I'm wondering if I will find any good beer over there. Will everything be like Peroni and Moretti, or will I find a range of styles? Or will I have to spend 10 days drinking fortified grape juice?

I vehemently disagree. The unit has NVRAM to store its operating parameters, so it easily could - and should - store its On/Off state. Imagine if you had a similar microprocessor controlled gizmo in your factory controlling an electric saw or a 100-ton press. A worker turns the machine...

I've been using an STC-1000 temperature controller on my ferm chamber for a couple of months. It works great, but I found an odd problem that might affect people who live in areas that get those annoying 1-second power outages - like me. When the STC-1000 is running, the power goes out and...

Thanks Martin. I've download Bru'nWater, and I think this will help me understand what ratio I should be using for each brew - not just 1.25 or 1.5 like I have been doing. Not a simple answer - it seems like it depends mostly on my water, and somewhat on what I'm brewing. I'll have to go back...