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I have 200ml of solid yeast cake and am aiming to bring to a sizeable pitch for a 2bbl batch. I have a few carboys at my disposal as well as a 15gal conical. what size steps should I be making, and how many? thanks (1.058 anticipated OG; 148fdeg mash)

Will it cause a mess? Possible to put in a nylon stocking? Too late?

I am starting to see a lot of gnats around my fermentation. There are a bunch in my blow-off bucket, but none getting in the beer. What are some tricks to help deaden the population?

I am sitting on a berliner weisse with a months worth of brett treatment and am anxious to bottle since my gravity hasn't moved. I keep seeing that with brett, it is safest to bottle with champagne bottles as they have thick walls. The only problem I see is that I will have to buy a corker...

So I brewed a Berliner Weisse about 10 days ago. I pitched a lacto starter and the thing took off the same night. Pretty gnarly lacto activity. After it calmed down, I pitched some washed yeast taken from my previous berliner weisse (wyeast german ale). Nothing. 3 days later it still sits idle...

Hey guys, Working on a second berliner weisse. My first one is still chugging along in primary with wyeast german ale yeast. For that I did a 40 hour full sour mash in my mash tun. Smelled like creamed corn and did not have any foul smell. My second BW attempt is using a lacto starter (1 cup...

I finally started my BW experiment/project and will be leaving notes here 4# German Pilsner 3# Wheat 6oz uncrushed pale malt 2:30pm 5/15/12 -doughed in 8.75 qts and mashed at 150F for 60 mins. 3:30pm -opened MLT and stirred mash until temp dropped to 136F, at which point I added 6oz American...

What are some tricks to maintaining my sour mash temp? The only thing I can think of is using an electric blanket and to wrap it around the mash tun. . . but I am concerned that extended duration will be dangerous. Ambient temperature range for my area is about 15F from Day-Night. I can't...

N00b here, Got my rhizomes into the ground a little over three weeks ago. Soil is amended and I water it each morning. None of them have broke ground yet, so I move the dirt out of the way and two of them haven't done a single thing. One of them is sending up little bean sprout looking...

Short story out of a long one, I am going on a camping trip and want to bring kegged homebrew. I have not the capacity to bring gas and a regulator. If I force carb, how long will I expect to see a 5gal corny last without gas-in hooked up? Will I still be able to dispense out of the...

Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: California Ale Yeast Starter: No Batch Size (Gallons): 5 Boiling Time (Minutes): 75 Color: 13.9 Ingredients: 8 Pounds American 2-Row (80%) .75 Pound Crystal 60L (7.5%) .5 Pound Crystal 120L (5%) .5 Pound Vienna Malt (5%) .25 Pound Victory Malt (2.5%)...

Hey all, I brewed (attempted) a pale ale today and came out with incredibly dark wort. It looks much like a barleywine to be honest. Here is my recipe OG: 1.077 Mash temp: 157 @ 60min 11.13# 2-row .5# Belgian aromatic .5# Cara-pils .5# Crystal-60L .75oz Columbus - 20min...

Presidents Day, a cohort and I took our chances with a V@S clone. We formulated a basic grain bill/hop schedule consisting of: 16# Marris Otter 1# Crystal 40L 2# Chocolate Malt .25# Black Patent and 1.25oz Nor' Brewer @ 60min 1.25oz Nor' Brewer @ 15min 1.25oz Mt. Hood @ 5min...

I am doing the left hand milk stout recipe found here on the boards. 11lbs of grain and I mistakenly mashed with about 6gl of water. Frack. Im crunching numbers now and am about 20 mins into the 75 min mash. Now catching my mistake, can I save it? Mash tun with copper manifold...

I am interested in brewing a white chocolate stout. I searched, but 'white' and 'chocolate' were too common to narrow down to a single thread. Has anyone attempted this? Success/Failure? Worth the brew? :rockin: Hoping to brew this coming Sunday (no disrespect to you fooseball fans).

Hi all, I intend to install a SS braid in my kettle so I can mash in it. It is already affixed with a brass valve and removable pick-up drainage spout. Question is, if I leave the SS braid attached during boil, will I have to worry about a clogged drainage from the trub? Or would it be wise...

Process: 5.5gal batch 12 lbs belgian pilsner malt 1.13 munich .50 carafoam .50 caramel 60l .50 melanoiden few ounces of Citra BIAB with 10 gal kettle. Mashed at 154F, lost about 4 degrees over 1 hour. 60 min boil RIC to 70F in 20 minutes, pitched California Ale yeast...

Hey Guys, New to posting here. Been lurking for a few weeks now. Last night I put together a quick and cheap recirculating IC, but have a question about the cooling capacity. I piggybacked off a bilge pump that I have for a portable "Big Kahuna" surfing shower. The vinyl line that fed from the...