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I haven't had time to brew an all grain in a couple of months and my pipeline is empty. I brewed a BB APA yesterday and it came with BRY-97. I have read that it is a notoriously slow starter. I have it in my fermentation chamber set at 62. Is that too cool for this yeast? Thanks!

For the last two years, I added the pumpkin in the mash and it is a big pain to sparge this. How many people add the pumpkin to the boil? Thanks!

How do I get a small enough wire in the hose? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Yes I tried that and it caused the flames to shoot out. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I am using the Blichmann regulator

I purchased a Blichmann burner at the end of June last year. It worked well for about 6 times and then flames shot out of where the hose connects to the burner when I was using it and then started to come out of the oxygen port. Major safety issue!! I contacted the retailer, who...

I used sorbate/sulfite to kill the yeast so I am not worried about that

So I added 12 oz of honey and 2 cups of tart cherry juice. I heated the cherry juice and mixed in the honey so it was all liquid. i then racked the 3 gallons of cider over the mixture. It was still quite tart and dry. It read 1.014 in the hydrometer. I will let it settle for another day but i...

won't shaking the keg introduce O2 into to cider/cyser/zombie killer?

I will be putting this together tonight I think I willl add 3/4 pound of honey with 16 ounces of RW Knudsen Organic Just Tart Cherry juice to the 3 gallons fermented apple juice in my keg. I am going to try to warm up the honey (in the bottle) in some warm water and mix it in the cherry juice...

no, I would need to buy some

I have had some issues with small floaties in my kegged beer. I cleaned my beer line with BLC for 20 minutes last night and then rinsed. This is a new keg with four pints pulled off of it and still getting the floaties. They are very small.. think grain of sand size or smaller. But the beer...

So I just took a gravity sample of the starter - 1.040... I assume the yeast were dead? The wort tasted a little cidery... gonna pitch in an hour hopefully someone responds. I have a packet of S-04 or a slurry of denny's favorite.. any thoughts either way Recipe: FERMENTABLES: 6 lb -...

I should have started the starter earlier. I have to brew tomorrow as I am leaving on Monday for 2 weeks. I will try the cling wrap now I tried the cling wrap test and the plastic is pushing out... I guess that means it is viable. yay!