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I pitched one package of the Wyeast slap packs. No starter. never had to for the other brews. I was reading that over pitching on a sweet stout helps but i didnt want to do anything the recipe didnt call for.

1.18 pounds to be exact for a 5 gallon batch.

Hey all. I am in the process of brewing my first Sweet Stout (all grain). It is a left hand milk stout clone I found on the interwebs. I took my first gravity reading pre pitch, and it weighed in at 1.072...that is including the lactose. Is that high? Am I supposed to be compensating for...

Thats what I was thinking. Luckily it was free, so no money wasted. I read on another forum someone using a liner in their plastic fermenter...What could they use that would be durable enough, and sterile? I will give the larger fermenter the ol' Oxyclean bath this weekend, and see if it...

I can understand why. Its a very over-powering smell. Should I mix the baking soda with water and let it soak? Or just throw in an open container of it, close it up and let it sit for a few days?

I recently got a nice 15 gallon plastic 'jar' that was used to hold powdered Ascorbic Acid (vitamin C). And I also have a smaller 5 gallon bucket that had pickles in it. In both cases there is a strong smell in each of the buckets. I have sanitized the hell out of both of them, and while the...