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Hi I plan on brewing a 5 gallon, all grain, Pliny the Elder kit tomorrow. I will be using Safale US-05 yeast. My question is...should I use one pack or two? Asking because I am unsure if 2 would be overkill and I don't know if that would cause problems. Thanks Jim

Hi. In the next three weeks I have two packs of liquid yeast that will reach their "Use By" Date. I've had them since March and they have been stored in the vegetable crisper of my fridge. The earliest I can see myself using them would be mid-fall. Questions: Is there anything I can do now to...

Hi. Does anyone cover their grain mill when not in use? I was thinking a large shower cap would be nice but I don't think they are made big enough. What do you use? I have the Hullwrecker 2-roller. Thanks Jim

I am running out of refrigerated space ...so I was wondering if it is OK to store an uncarbonated keg of lager in a keg at ambient (basement) temperature? The lager was fermented at 52 deg f for 3 weeks, and has been stored at 34 degrees for three weeks. When I remove the fermenter from my...

Does Omega OXL-071 Lutra require a starter for a 5 gallon brew of an Octoberfest? Briess Pilsen malt 5.5 lb Briess Ashburne Mild Malt 5 lb Briess Bonlander Munich 1 lb Briess Aromatic malt 0.5 lb Briess Caramel munich 60l malt 0.5 lb Thanks Jim

I have never bottled. I will be (corney) kegging a 5.5 gal batch of Sister Star of the Sun IPA . I will have approx 0.5 gal leftover that I would like to bottle into 20 oz PET bottles. My question is.. How much table sugar should I add to each bottle to assist with fermentation? And, is it OK to...

New to BIAB (breweed 2 so far). and have 10 (or so) extract brews under my belt. Next week a friend will be visiting and I thought it would be nice to have a homebrew session. After googling, I settled on Sister Sun of the Star. The recipe seems to have been written for BIAB. I ordered the...

I've been a 5 gallon extract brewer for about a year and I am thinking of moving to partial mash. I use a Bayou Classic 10 gal brew kettle for boiling the water, adding the grain and extracts. My question is... would I be better of getting another Bayou Classic 10 gal brew kettle or would I be...

Relatively new to brewing. I have a keezer and 6 5.0 gal corny kegs. I'd like the option of splitting a 5 gal extract kit into 2 smaller (2.5 gal) batches. What are your thoughts? Should I get 2 2.5 gal corny kegs or 2 3.0 gal kegs? I'd like to have them available for backyard BBQs and would...