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Hi Everyone, I've been trying to force carb for 3 batches now. All with very minimal effect. Of the 3 beers I have force carb'd, they all have the same problem. Alot of foam and head, but very little carbonation in the actual beer. I have a 20# co2 tank setup to a corny keg. The last...

Hi Everyone, I have a question about stepping up yeast. I have a un-opened vial of Whitelab 004 Irish Ale Yeast. I plan on brewing a 5.25G Brown Ale with a Starting Gravity of 1.056 According to Mr Malty I need 205 Billions cells. I use a stirplate so it says I only need a 1L starter...

Hey Everyone, I know there is a ton of information on yeast farming, washing, slanting and storing. I use a few of them already but wanted to try something new. I realized that a single vial of White Labs yeast is good enough to ferment 5gallons of a low gravity wort. I often pitch the fresh...

Broke the little black cap on my bottle of star san earlier today by accidently over tightening it. Noticed that the Black cap on a vial of Whitelabs Yeast looked like the right size. Sure enough the Whitelab cap fit. Its not an exact fit, but it works !

Hi everyone, This is my 2nd batch and I had a question. I am brewing a hefeweizen 5 gallon batch. So I decided to try a full boil. I had a turkey deep fryer so I loaded 5 gallons and started my boil. I read I was suppose to start with 6 gallons to account for boil off but my pot wasn't big...

Hi Everyone, I started my first batch ever on 11-13-11. An Irish Red Ale with an OG 1.042. Its sitting in my garage in a water bath at a cozy 66F. Everything seems to be progressing nicely but here is my question/poll. Objectives: (in order of preference) Good Tasting Well...

Hi Everyone, I've spent over 50 hours in the last 3 weeks reading over different threads looking for answers to questions I had before starting my 1st brew. Well my 1st brew came and went and is now sitting in the Primary Fermentor bubbling away. I was super excited about cooling my wort...