What kind of dry lager yeast do folks like? My next batch will be 10 gallons of pilsner. I only have a 2 liter flask, and I believe I would need approximately 2.25 gallon starter. I want to pitch 4 dry packs, but don't have any experience with dry lager yeasts. Any opinions would be welcome...
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I've done it. I just used bottled distilled water. I added it in right before I pitched my yeast. It will also dilute your IBUs too. Beersmith has a tool you can use to figure out how much to add. If this is a 5 gallon batch, you probably have to add over 2 gallons to get it down to 1.040...
I use my immersion chiller as a make-shift HERMS. I use my pump to recirculate my wort through the IC, which is in my boil kettle with water around 180. I recirc until the grain bed reaches about 170. I keep it there for 10 minutes or so, then drain my first runnings into a bucket. Then I...
I had issues with low FGs for a long time. My problem ended up being my hydrometer was reading 4 points low. It read 0.96 in distilled water. Check your hydrometer in distilled water. Could be that simple. My efficiency and my FG were higher than I was measuring them.
FYI, I have a...
A while back, I made 10 gallons of hefe. Everything went perfect. Hit all my numbers. I was brewing in my garage with the garage door open. I had the immersion chiller going and had a genius brain storm...I can wash my wife's car with the discharge hose. Great idea! Why let the water just...
I want to make a low abv ale with the grain and hops I have on hand. Shooting for 10 gallons, 75% efficiency. I'm at work and don't have access to beersmith, so this is all from memory.
Here's the grain bill I was tinkering with:
8.5# 2 Row (54%)
2.5# Vienna (16%)
2.25# Munich (14%)...
the only way to be sure it to test the tincture. i would say to let it soak for a minimum of a week or two. test it with an eye dropper. a drop isn't going to do too much damage. put it on a cracker or a piece of bread. some herbal tinctures soak for 6 months or more. give the bottle a good...
My hydrometer reads .096 in my tap water. So, it off quite a bit. I haven't tried it in distilled water.
When I say I mash for 60+ minutes, its pretty close to an hour. I may go 10 minutes over, depending on if I get distracted. But, I try to start my vorlauf after 60 minutes.
I use...
My attempt at stopping conversion with the addition of the first sparge water may be inadequate. My wort is obviously more fermentable than I expect, but not as much as I'm recording, due to my poorly calibrated hydrometer.
I have been researching options for HERMS and RIMS systems to bring...