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thanks again guys, Finished up my brew day around 2pm and pitched the starter that had been in my fridge for a couple days (I decanted and then swished it around good and it sat out on the counter during the course of the brewday to get warmed back up) got home from work a little after 9 and my...

i made my first ipa following a recipe and when I tasted it post boil (granted it's far from beer at that point) I wasn't impressed by the level of hops. I had an extra 1/2 ounce of hops from the recipe so after a week of fermentation I threw them in and let it dry hop for about 10 days, end...

Awesome posts guys thanks, I suspected that the stirring action was sucking any krausen that may have tried to form back under but I had also messed arround and did a couple of practice starters a couple weeks back when I frist got my stir plate and I did see krausen so this time I was a bit...

I made a starter using a stir plate and didn't see any krausen layer? Would that be because the speed at which I had the stirplate going? I neglected to take an OG reading of my starter wort but i used 4 cups of water and 1 cup of DME. I did take a final reading which was down around 1.010 so...

MAny people on here report leaving beers in fermenters for 2-3 months with zero issues. more than likely you are fine. Again, I'm only rehashing what i've read from others in numerous threads, this is not from my personal experience.

I would probably buy the dme and make a starter even though yeast is the same price, then you will have some DME on hand to make starters in the future. You can also wash the yeast from this batch when your done as well.

I'm not pro but since you are using a stir plate I think you can drastically cut down your starter time. I just made a starter yesterday using my stirplate and it's pretty much good do go after only 24 hours. since I'm probably brewing tomorrow, I think I"m just gonna let it be but if i push...

1. When a batch comes out great it's a phenomenal experience. on my 4th batch I hit great efficiency numbers did almost everything textbook and the beer came out great. IT was a belgian and I'm not even a jhuge fan of belgians but this tasted amazing. I let a half dozen friends and strangers...

use that cooler to keep your homebrew cold after you've bottled it. spend $40 and get the 10 gallon round cooler where you just unscrew the spigot and start over. you will recoup the money in the yummy beer you brew.

this is good info. I will give it more time and just let it do it's thing. I would also think that there would be some of them that got a decent amount of honey in it and others that didn't but they all have been at the same point thus far so perhaps they will end up okay

so do you think if only a small amount made it in it's just gonna take a lot longer? since i've only got a few batches under my belt I'm at the phase where I try a beer 1 day after bottling, 3 days, and then 7 days just trying to get a feel for it. Presently at the 2 week mark they are at the...

UPDATE I think I'm screwed. It's now been 2 weeks since I bottled the ipa that I used honey to carb by pouring straight honey in the bottom. the beers aren't carbed at all. They make a very slight pfft when opened and when I pour the beer straight in the glass they make almost no bubbles...

I somewhat disagree, I use a 10 gallon cooler mash tun and it is never close to full and I've made a couple of decently big beers. Certainly you can do a lower gravity beer in there without issue but you might be better served to get yourself a 10 gallon cooler. they can be had new for 40 bu cks

you realize you don't need a garden spigot right? the bottom piece of your normal faucet screws off and you buy a $2 adapter that goes in its place that has the appropriate threads on the outside of it.

FWIW, most of my fermentations start pretty quickly when just pitching dry yeast so your method may or may not be helping.