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Its been a month now since I brewed a Porter IPA with S-33 yeast. OG 1078. After a few hours the brew took off vigorously, and had put in a blow-off tube. Ten days in, airlock activity was almost gone. I measured 1034. Turned up the heat and waited another week. 1030. Two days ago I...

I bought beautiful 3L (0.8gal) vintage brown glass jar at a second hand store a while ago. It looked perfect for making yeast starters. It looks like something that was used to store some kind of chemicals , like in a photo lab. I used a bottle brush to thoroughly clean it...rinsed it several...

I finally got my MaltMill and plan on celebrating by brewing a Brown Porter! I want to make it tomorrow evening, using the ingredients I have lying around. Im still wondering if I should up the hop bill... As I never brewed a porter before, what do you guys think of this here? Fermentables...

My fellow brewers, Last week I brewed a Tripel IPA (og 1076) and added a six months old Wyeast 3522 Ardennes package (refrigerated since bought, as usual). Since I never made a starter before with these packs (never really needed to) I assumed fermentation would pick up eventually after some...

Good day to you fellow brewers! I read in John Palmer's 'How to Brew' that the pH value of water used with Star San needs to be lower than 3,5 in order for it to sanitise. Anyone knows this is the case? Or does it work but it just doesn't last as long. I can't find any data on this in any...