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I'm brewing Midwest's Grand Cru that I pitched a bit too warm. I pitched two packets of the Wyeast 3944 and fermentation took off within an hour and was fermenting at 78* for about 6 hours until I put it in a water bath that cooled it to 66-68*. I trying to let it ferment at 70* but my main...

I'm going to be brewing an ale that has an OG of 1.042-1.046. I have a brand new pack of Wyeast 1056 that came with the kit but I also have 2 packs that are exactly 6 months old that have been in the fridge that I would like to get rid of. My question is, am I doing more harm than good if I...

I picked up an Amber kit from a LHBS that has specialty grains for steeping, 6lbs of LME, 1oz of UK Challenger at 60min and 1oz of Ahtanum at 5min. Fermented with WLP001. As I was brewing I thought I'd experiment a bit by adding 1/2oz of Glacier at 30min and 1/2oz of Cascade at 15min along...

I had a very vigorous fermentation and ended up having it bubble up through my blow off tube. I cannot get it perfectly clean inside and I was wondering if I should just chuck it and buy another one or if it isnt a big deal to reuse slightly dirty since the co2 is pushing out the other direction?

Brewed Jamils Evil Twin yesterday and everything went great until I noticed my wort chiller was leaking water into my batch as it was cooling down. Now, I'm not one to freak out but this wasn't just normal house water, it was secondary water from a local reservoir! Thats when I freaked out a...

I have used White Labs exclusively up to this point, but my last batch came with Wyeast 1056 so I thought I'd give it a try. The extract kit came in the mail with the smack pack completely inflated so I picked up another at a LHBS just in case and pitched both packs. The batch started at 1.050...

It was about 100* today with about 30mph winds but I decided to brew outside anyway. The wind made it hard to keep a good boil going but I managed anyway by keeping the lid partially on. All I can say is that this beer better turn out because this is the hardest I've worked while brewing and...

Short version: I have a second fermentation going 4 days after I racked to secondary and dry hopped. Why? Long version: I brewed a Dogfish Head 60 clone on 5/25 and let it sit in the primary for 2 weeks. OG was 1.064 (right on the money) and FG on 6/8 was 1.016 (1.019 is anticipated per...

Here is my Anchor Steam clone that I recently bottled on 5/28. As you can see by the date it's still a bit early but the color is a dead match and the taste is 90% the same with mine just tasting a little rougher that should age out within the next week or two. I was quite surprised how close...

I have an Anchor Steam clone that has been fermenting for about 2.5 weeks now and all of the krousen has fallen. What remains is a very, very faint film on top that I have not experienced before and was wondering if it could be from the WLP810 which I have never used before? As I said, the film...

I brewed this Red Tail amber ale clone Saturday and this is it on Monday. Yeast is WLP060 and OG was 1.056. The temp was getting a little higher than I wanted (74*) so I cooled it down a bit after I shot this video and now it's going at 70*-72* which is right in the optimum temperature range...

Long story short, I added too much orange honey and marmalade to my wheat recipe at flame out and now I have beer flavored orange juice after 2 weeks on the primary. I just racked to a secondary and will give it at least 2 weeks but I'm thinking more like 4 or more. How much do you think the...

I am going to do a Orange Honey Wheat batch tomorrow and when I was at my LHBS she suggested using White Labs WLP051 California V Ale Yeast. I bought it but now I'm having some doubts whether this strain will work well in an Orange Honey Wheat? Brewing tomorrow so quick thoughts are...

Tonight I just bottled my Moose Drool clone 31 days after brew day (21 in primary and 10 in secondary). Right now I'm fermenting a Blonde ale which is extremely light and quite low on the OG scale. Talk about opposite ends of the color spectrum! Excited for both!

I'm brewing a honey wheat that has been fermenting 17 days. It was never an aggressive fermentation and bubbling slowed to under a minute this past weekend. Due to unforeseen circumstances, I had to bottle tonight and I'm a bit worried about bottle bombs. I'll give pertinent data and you give...

Memorial Day weekend is first and foremost to honor those that have and are currently serving our great country. THANK YOU! Secondly, it's the weekend we kick off summer with sun, BBQ and most importantly BREWS! Well, not this year. We have had our wettest spring in record and since Saturday...

I brewed a Midwest Boundary Waters Wheat kit 8 days ago. I used White Labs WLP320 and pitched directly into the carboy (no starter) into the wort which was 68*. I always heard wheat beers ferment pretty quickly but this batch only had a krausen about 1" thick from the beginning and 8 days from...

For my first brew I tried the prehopped Coopers Australian Ale since it was easy and had some decent recommendations. It sat in the primary one week and the secondary one week and then I bottled. Last night I put one in the fridge and tried it today and it tasted excellent! I had a bit of...

I purchased an extract kit from Midwest Supplies which is their Boundary Waters Wheat which seems to be an American Wheat. I would like to possibly make it into a honey wheat so I was wondering how much honey malt to add? I purchased 1/4 lb. for steeping for 30 min @ 155F along with the 1/2...

I have to move my primary down to my basement to help keep the fermentation temps where I want which is in the mid 60's for my Liberty Cream Ale. I pitched 2 days ago and had a good, quick fermentation and the bubbles are currently about every 8 seconds in the airlock. Will moving my primary...