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You weren't far off. I called my father (an HVAC inspector) and he pointed out that my $15 analog multimeter probably needed some calibrating. I touched the probe points together and, sure enough, the resistance reading was a few degrees past 0 ohms. After tuning the meter, I rechecked the...

Hi, I just bought a Ranco ETC 111000 (single stage) from Patriot Supply on eBay and have a quick question. After I wired it up, I was double checking for short circuits with my multi-meter and found that I indeed had a short, on the supply side...recipe for bad news. I slowly disassembled...

So, I washed the yeast. Pretty sure I messed it up, but that's part of homebrewing. :-) I spooned most of the blueberries of the top before racking, since most were floating. The few that had sank to the bottom made it into my first mason jar. I got a good amount of beer with my slurry...

I've heard of it, but always assumed it was rather involved. This tutorial (Washing Yeast - Here's How ) sounds pretty easy, though. Sounds like it'll take about an hour or two to wash the yeast. Maybe I could do that tonight and then immediately pitch a starter tonight, so that I'm ready...

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So, I've got a blueberry blonde ale that's about to come out of primary and I was thinking about finally reusing a yeast cake for a second beer, a very bitter IPA. Mostly this is because I have all the ingredients on hand for the IPA, except for the yeast, and I'd like to avoid the 30 minute...