Recent content by mschoenn

Should I go with the same yeast 2206? And how many should I pitch? According to mrmalty calculator I should have used about 4 total with no starter. Do I need to add 3 more?? 48 hours after the initial pitch.

Thanks giraffe for the reply. Would adding more 2206 help or hurt anything? Earliest I would be able to add more yeast would be tomorrow, 48 hours after I pitched the first pack.

Brewed a German pilsner yesterday. Used the Wyeast 2206 smack pack. It was swelled up nice and was at room temperature before I pitched. Hard to get to 50F quickly in south Louisiana, so I pitched the pack in the wort at 76F and put it in the keezer set at 50F. It's been 19 hours and there's...

The Dunkelweizen ran out (pouring mostly foam) before I could change out the tubing to 3/16" and confirm if that addressed the problem. But I did take the 1/4" tubing I had for the Dunkelweizen and cut 5' off to make a 40' line of 1/4" for the commercial pale ale I picked up for the party...

I bled pressure off and left co2 valve closed for about 4 hours when I got home today. I pulled the relief valve about every hour. I changed out the dip tube o-ring. It looked ok, no visible cracks or defections but we'll see what happens. About the line length, What inputs do you have to...

I bled pressure off and left co2 valve closed for about 4 hours when I got home today. I pulled the relief valve about every hour. I changed out the dip tube o-ring. It looked ok, no visible cracks or defections but we'll see what happens. About the line length, What inputs do you have to...

I'm having foaming problems with my keezer, and I couldn't find a thread on this site that addressed my specific issue. The description below is lengthy, but I wanted to include all information to help identify the problem and develop a solution. I built a keezer out of a GE 7.0 cu. ft...