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I put White Labs WLP002 in the stirrer last evening for an ESB I plan on brewing tomorrow. This morning the yeast has hundreds of tiny lumps floating. It's hard to see in the photo, but you get the idea. Not sure what this all about, do I have a problem here? The yeast was kept refrigerated...

Doing a Jamil Zainasheff version of a Nut Brown Ale recipe with the Hop addition listed below. Being a new all grain brewer, it seems these hop additions are on overload. Maybe a Nut Brown/IPA? Any suggestions on simplifying the Hop additions? Opinions? Also, not sure what the (zero) means in...

Not thinking, I messed up my grain bill on my 1st all-grain attempt. I ordered the grain in whole pounds, thinking I’d measure them out later. Instead they ground and mixed them all together (my fault). ---------------------------------------------- 5 Gallon Nut Brown Ale recipe called...

Hope this is not a redundant question: Not being an electrician, I was wondering if there's reason a "240V version"(UK) of the Grainfather could not be operated on a 220V US line? Wouldn't you just need an adapter/plug of some sort? Or is the US 120V version the only one that can be operated in...

I attempted to make a starter using Pale DME, 2 liters of boiled water with WLP 570 for a Strong Belgian Ale. When the OG of cooled starter read 1.100, I realized I put the a whole bag of DME instead of 8 oz. Trying to save it, I diluted the starter with another 2 liters of water (bottled...

I’m going to do a Jamil Zainasheff Belgian Strong Ale, 5 gallon, all-extract recipe from his book: “Brewing Classic Styles”. It has only 2 fermentables and 1 hop: 8.4 lbs of Pilsener LME 3 lbs of Cane Sugar and 2.25 oz of Czech Saaz hops I need to do a partial boil due to the size of my...

I have another beginner’s question: I’ve been reading some threads that advise adding LME or DME late in the boil to improve the taste and color of extract kit beers, contrary to most kit instructions. So, do you add 1/2 the extract at the beginning of the boil and the remainder of the extract...

Hello, my first post. Using Danstar Nottingham yeast in a Brewer's Best, Robust Porter kit as my first brew after many year's away from the hobby. The printed kit instructions read: "Do not hydrate" the yeast. The yeast packet itself shows instruction diagrams and suggests hydrating the...