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This is an Octoberfest lager I brewed 11 days ago and it fermented vigorously at 50 degrees for a week and then I raised temp to 60 degrees for diacetyl rest for 4 days. I think krausen has dropped but I have never noticed foam like this in any past brews. I rarely brew lagers but mainly brew ales.

Oops! Typed first version of this before first cup of coffee! I brewed an Octoberfest lager last Thursday and 12 hours later had very vigorous fermentation at 59 49 degrees using White Labs Octoberfest/Marzen liquid yeast. It went very strong for 6 days and then started to slow down. I then...

In the past, when cold crashing, I have just been putting the Co2 tank and gauge in the fridge with the carboy so I could put a few lbs of Co2 on the carboy as it contracts. Since putting the tank and gauge in the fridge is not a good practice for a variety of reasons, I was thinking of running...

A friend gave me what looks to be a very old Co2 steel tank filled with Co2. I'm using it to carbonate my latest keg of a beer that I've brewed many times and am using the exact same psi, time, and process as before. However, the beer just doesn't seem to be reaching anywhere near the level of...

I reuse my 6 gallons of Star San over a couple months or several brews. I use it in my keg when I push Star San out when I do closed transfers. Between uses, I store it sealed in a 5 gallon bucket that I previously used for fermenting. Prepping for my next brew, when I removed this bucket lid...

For the second time, I brewed a Pliny the Elder clone (the first one turned out great and FG was 1.006). For that brew, I used two packages of WLP-001, but because of shipping during the summer, THIS TIME I pitched two packages of US-05. OG was 1.075, I did not use a starter, it took off in...

Will this be a problem? Should I rock the carboy back and forth to wash this yeast off the side? I intend to cold crash.

I brewed my first all grain 'Pliny the Elder' yesterday and things went great as I ended up with an OG of 1.072. For the 5 gallons that went into the fermenter, I pitched two packages of White labs WLP001 as I thought certainly two would be enough since I have only pitched one package of WLP001...

I did a no oxygen direct transfer to the keg, and this time of year, I'm a bit slow drinking it. It's in my kegerator at 37 degrees.

I just did a FG measurement of my first Kolsch fermented with White Labs WLP-029. My OG was 1.048 and FG 1.006. Both measurements were with a hydrometer at 68F. If it is over attenuated, how will it affect the taste?

Out of concern for introducing oxygen, I've been reluctant to dry hop so far, even though some recipes have called for it. I have believed the beers to be very good and hoppy enough, but I guess I don't know what I could be missing as far as additional aroma. Is dry hopping even necessary? If...

I brewed my first stout yesterday and ended-up with an OG of 1.080. I re-hydrated two 11.5g packages of SF-04, aerated with oxygen tank for 60 seconds, and pitched. I had vigorous airlock bubbles in 3 hours. Now I'm worried if I over pitched, and if so, what impact that could have?

I used an Anvil Foundry to brew a Session IPA with a recipe that called for 9.5 pounds of grains. So far, I've been going by the Foundry's user manual chart for the "5 gallon Sparge method at 240 volts." The chart says when using 9.5 lbs of grain to use 6.2 gallons of strike water and 1 gallon...

If a recipe calls for a 10 minute mash-out at 170 degrees and it takes 20 minutes to get from 152 to 170, do you then start the 10 minute mash-out countdown once it reaches 170? Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't 30 minutes before sparging too long?

First time using BRY-97 which I bought and then read some negative reviews about it's slow start, etc. I was reluctant to try it and just go with old reliable US-05 because I didn't want to mess-up my first all grain brew that actually hit the expected OG. But I thought, what the heck, and...

I'm doing an IPA that will be about 5.5% abv. How many grams of this should I pitch for 5 gallons? Thank you for your input.

I've read a lot about water chemistry from Palmer and others. I've subscribed to Bru N'Water, etc. and I still can't quite figure it out as far as telling me exactly what to add. I'm set on using my well water because (1) it's readily available; and (2) it's the best water I've ever tasted. I...

My fermenter bucket has a spigot in the bottom and I usually just attach sanitized tubing, open spigot, and gently gravity feed into bottling bucket. This batch that I have in fermentor now has trub and yeast that seems to be up to and ~ 1/4" past the spigot outlet. Will it hurt if this goes...

I brewed a Sierra Nevada knock-off from a kit which contained 10.75 lbs of grain. The OG was supposed to be 1.052. I used my Anvil Foundry for the first time also. When the strike temperature reached 159F on the Foundry, I turned the power % to off and mashed-in the grains. I reduced the set...

I'm excited and ready to prep the new Anvil for its use. As far as cleaning it, is it OK to circulate PBW and Starsan through the pump? Any other recommendations for cleaning it? Thank you for your advice.