Recent content by kharper6

I like this idea honestly. I will probably just make a 2L starter and harvest 300-350 billion cells and use it for two batches. Pour 1L in, sanitize the top, cover in sanitized aluminum, set it in the fridge for the next weeks batch.

What would be the consequence of over-pitching by 5-10 percent?

I really only use liquid yeast which is about 90-95 billion cells per vial by the time I'm pitching. Some of my recipes have calculated 110-120 billion cells. Is it worth making a starter for that much of a gain? Will I experience anything besides slightly slower fermentation by...

I just recently re-geared for 2.5 gallon batches. I found these http://www.homebrewing.org/FOUR-3-Gallon-Cornelius-Style-Pin-Lock-Used-Kegs-_p_4673.html Anyone with pin lock experience : Do these kegs look like replacement parts would be easy to locate or am I buying into something...

Title says it all, going to be doing oven-assisted mashing, just need something that will get me full volume mashing and boils for 2.5 gallon batches. Probaby 4 gallon liquid plus the grain. The price difference for 5 gallon and 7.5 gallon pots is crazy (for tri-clad heavy duty stuff). I'd...

I did the same, 11 months exactly, stored in an airtight container in the fridge, it was washed, was infection free. Used it on a ten gallon saison, the yeast ruined the beer, tasted awful. Yes it was the yeast, I know because I set aside 2 gallons of the wort for something else and it ended...

My $20 corded drill turns mine just fine. Motor is probably overkill unless you're doing some seriously large batches, often.

For mash temp issues, I use the sleeping bag method. But I mash about 4L short of my volume and I have an electric kettle that will boil a liter of water in just a few minutes, so I make a few boiling water additions and my grain stays at 153 just fine. On warmer days I don't even have to add...

How clear is the wort? I brewed this same recipe, the first hydro sample was chalky/grainy/****ty from all of the hop materal and yeast etc. Two days later after intense cold crashing and gelatin the beer was crystal clear and tasted incredible.

I have a cheap Polder probe thermometer from Amazon, a Thermapen, and a Thermopop (same company) All read exactly the same temperature during the mash and strike, makes me feel silly for dropping the $$$ on the thermapen.

24-48 hours http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/34093/Wolfe_thesis.pdf?sequence=1

Buy an autosiphon, buy an autosiphon clamp, use a higher drop. This will cost you about $19 but it will be valuable forever.

Just a blonde ale. Nothing too crazy. Need some good warm weather drinking beers.

I'm so used to the LHBS crush that I didn't know what properly crushed grain looked like. Wow! .038, ran it through twice. My efficiency went from about 65% to 84%, nothing special, mashing at 153-154 for one hour, putting my bag in a bucket with a bunch of holes drilled in the bottom...

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