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I just bottled a session IPA that I made for a bottle swap (so it's extra important I don't get bottle bombs), and I'm pretty sure it wasn't finished yet. It needed time to bottle condition it so it couldn't go any longer. I only took one gravity reading when bottling (it was only a 2.5 gal...

So I've got 3 gallons of cider pitched with Montrachet that's been going in a carboy for about 3 weeks now. I started it in my fermentation chamber and then moved it to ambient post-primary fermentation to make room, where it has apparently drifted above 80F according to my brewpi. I had...

I've got a session IPA (OG 1.046, 5.5 gal) that I pitched rehydrated S-04 to @ 74F Thursday night. Next morning @ about 14 hours it was @ 71F and foaming vigorously out of the airlock, to the point I thought I might need a blowoff. Now this morning, only 24 hours later (~38 hours since...

Hi all, I'm brewing a keg for an event and want to keep some beer for myself, so I am shooting for 5.5 gallons in a 6.5 gal bucket and then just before dry hopping I plan to rack 1 gallon to a jug to be left longer before bottling. The remaining 4.5 gallons will be dry hopped and then kegged...

Trying to decide what yeast to pitch for a 2.5 gal batch Monday night and I have a smack pack of 1332 from July 2014. So I have two questions, what size stirred starter would I need to reach my target pitch rate by Monday and have some left over to save? Online calculators are giving me...

I'm trying to produce a beer that will accentuate and round out the fruit flavors of my hops (Caliente and either Bullion or El Dorado) and I'm wondering if adding a small amount of acidulated malt, say 5%, will give a slight tartness without negative effects. Any thoughts? I'm also using 5%...

Hi all, I would like to start slanting, but I don't have a pressure canner yet so for now I'm storing yeast in my fridge in sanitized mason jars and probably sterile test tubes soon. In order to keep the yeast healthy and viable I've began making starters with the yeast that's been in the...

Hi all, I recently harvested yeast from the dregs of a Southern Tier PMX bottle and I've got quite a bit grown up already, but it does't look like normal yeast. Unfortunately I couldn't get a good picture of it so the best way I can describe it is it's kind of grainy looking rather than creamy...

Hi all, so I had a 6 lb jug of LME, but only needed 3 lbs for the brew I'm doing so I poured the other 3 lbs into a clean, but unsanitized glass jar to limit oxygen exposure. As I was doing this it occurred to me that something might decide to start growing in my LME. Is this a concern or not...

I'm brewing a bitter tomorrow for a club contest on April 7th which gives me 31 days. With the days I'm able to brew I can do either 12 days in the fermenter and 19 bottle conditioning or 15 and 16 respectively. Which would be the better option? I'm also considering only bottling 2 gallons...

So I've got a bunch of Montrachet wine yeast and some amber malt extract lying around, add that to a 1 gallon jug of apple juice and I'm thinking of trying something potentially crazy. Haven't dialed in the amounts yet, but the basic idea would be to do a concentrated boil with the malt...

I've got someone who's offered me some flip top bottles and I'm wondering how much homebrew to offer in return? Not sure how many he's got so I'm trying to figure out a good bottle per bottle rate. Thanks in advance.

Both of these jugs contain the same beer, just split into two fermenters. So what happened with the one on the left? I just checked on them and it's suddenly extremely cloudy and looks like it spit out a bunch of yeast. Otherwise both are still churning and bubbling steadily. They were...

I've been trying to save on yeast so I'm thinking about splitting my next wyeast smack pack into several test tubes and then using the rest make a starter for my next beer. So my question is should I break the nutrient pack before splitting it into the tubes or no? Or would I be better...

Hi all, Been brewing in South Brooklyn since October and finding a ton of great info on the forum so thought I'd finally sign up. Currently trying to get as much as I can out of a BIAB setup with an 8 gal kettle, not sure I've got the space for a full all grain setup. This Thursday should...