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Yea, I think that was our fatal mistake! Next time we will give that a try! tx u

Hi - didnt know that lagers! Under pitching maybe the culpret. 3 Gallon BIAB, didn't pitch the whole packet :-( Maybe 3/4s (usually what we do with Ales). Mashed at 152. This is all VERY Helpful. Will warm it up for a few days and see if we can kick start! Thank you! about La

3 Gallon BIAB. About 3/4 of the package.

Hi VikeMan - Appreciate response! And No, but curious why you would think that reading would be different? And even if it was a .001 - .002 differential we are still stuck for days. :-(

Hi All - It's been a long time since we've come on the forum. Not that we haven't been brewing, but we are much better at it these days! Haven't lost an ale batch in many years. Decided to try our hand at a lager finally. It's a light Brooklyn clone. Starting gravity was supposed to be 1.037, we...

Very interesting! Its a 1 L, so I think we should be ok :yes:

Not concerned at all. Brewing today so will be tossing it in. Just didn't know if it needed to "rest" or can go right from spinning into the fermenter. Thanks!

Hi - newish to making starters, have made a few shaking. Got a stir plate and flask recently. Have a white laps belgian wit yeast which was a little old, its been on there for about 18 - 20 hours. Brewing today at 4pm. When should I stop the stir plate? Thanks!

Let us know how it turns out! Very interesting!

So good news...it worked like a charm! Bubbling away like crazy within a few hours. This am, airlock was stuffed with Krausen, and foam, had to use a blow off first time ever. Yay!? Admit...a little anxious, Krausen & foam pushing to top of carboy & going into the tube now. Any advise, or just...

Got ya. Okay. Cheers & thank you.

Hi Okay problem. lol, as always with newbies!! Did just as you suggested! but got home late today and MAY feel the flu coming on. Its rampant around here! Really not up for brewing. Yeast Starter is at room temp again on counter. Cant brew realistically until Sunday. Put back in fridge tonight...

pshankstar - Thanks! Will do just that! :cask:

I know this is an old post but I am making my first yeast starter. It's covered with foil in a large mason jar, no air lock, but I can see the action. When I went down this am there was lots of foam, almost a krausen starting to form and focculation on bottom. I gave it a stir anyway and again...

Hi- Thanks again for your input on this! Course like a typical new Brewer I did not know there was a method for attaining points for The sugar to calculate what the potential og would or should be. Very interesting! We have only been brewing with kits so we used whatever was in there as per...