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What about crushed 2-row that has been sitting in a tied off plastic bag at room temperature for 6 months. Plan on using it in an IPA.

So long story short, i forgot about my brew bag after a session and now it has a bunch of mold growing on it. Is there anything I can soak it in to completely rid it of the mold, or am I SOL?

If I cant find a bottle of Saison Brett, what type of Brett yeast would you recommend?

anyone?

I have always enjoyed this beer and plan on brewing it in a month when I return from Europe. Anyway, what type of Pale Base Malt is everyone using for this? I haven’t decided on the yeast yet, either 3726 or 3787, but I know I want to split a 5 gallon batch in half and do half with Brett. In...

Crystal 15L

is there any way to estimate cell count from a harvested yeast from a can that you have slowly built up? i feel like i saw somewhere that measuring the depth of yeast in your mason jar can provide some sort of count?

So I have 35g of centennial and 32g of whole nugget hops, wondering if i can make a respectable beer from this volume. I was thing of making a pale ale and below is my initial thought for a 2.5 gallon batch ... OG:1.067 Mash at 148 IBU: ~45 6lbs12oz (95.6%) - 2 row 5oz (4.4%) - crystal 15L 9g...

I have recently started overbuilding my yeast starters in order to save some yeast for future batches. I use the yeast calculator on brewunited to do this. I am now ready to use my mason jar with yeast from an overbuilt starter for my next batch. I plan on overbuilding it again in order to...

Has anyone else noticed this doing smaller than 5 gallon batches?

Indeed I did. I thought it would impact clarity and potentially result in off flavors. What do you use as the loss due to Trub and chiller figure in BeerSmith?

I have added my pre-boil volume est and actual to the table in my original post. I haven't been keeping a good record of the amount of wort left behind in the kettle after transferring 2.5 gallons to the fermentor. It seems like I need to lower the boil off figure in BeerSmith. I brew on a...

On my last few brews, I have been hitting or exceeding my Pre-Boil Gravity, but have been coming up a few points short on the OG in my fermentor. I do 2.5 gallon BIAB batches and have an avg. mash efficiency of 80%, but my brewhouse efficiency is low at an avg. of 62%. Below is a little chart on...

I will only need halp of my WLP002 yeast for the oatmeal stout I am brewing and obviously want to save the other half. I just got a stir plate for Christmas and have never used liquid yeast before. Is there any issue with pouring half of the yeast pack into the 1L starter and the other half...

Below is the recipe I plan on using this yeast in ... 3 Gallon Batch BIAB 65% efficency Est. OG: 1.051 Est. FG: 1.008 Est. ABV%: 5.6% IBU: 28.8 4 lbs 4.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) 60.2% 1 lbs 12.0 oz Wheat, Flaked (1.6 SRM) 24.8% 9.0 oz Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) 7.9% 8.0 oz Rice Hulls...