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I am confused on making a yeast starter for this brew. I have never made a yeast starter. I am thinking about trying it on this beer Mr. Malty says I need 2 packs of yeast I only bought one pack of 1098. Any suggestions on the yeast starter for this beer?

Thanks for the advice I will start with 1/4 tsp and work up I was planning on bottling but now I will keg it to get the flavor right then just bottle off my keg as it is a gift for a friend.

Hello I am brewing a rogue hazelnut brown clone. I am going to use cappella hazelnut drops adding at bottling/kegging time. I can't decide how much to use i have a .4fluid OZ bottle thinking of using the whole bottle for a 5 gal batch. The directions say use 1 drop per fluid oz of beverage I...

My Latest recipe on tuesday was cream of three crops ale. 6lb 2row, 2.5lb flaked corn, 1 lb flaked rice. Not much of a grain bill The recipe called for OG 1.040. I ended up with 5 gal into the fermenter at 1.058. I use a mash thicknes of 1.3. The only thing that could have made this one be...

This beer was awesome went through a keg this weekend camping everyone loved it even my wife who does not typically like IPAs. I added 2oz of hops in the primary for dry hopping one week prior to kegging. Gonna get ingridents today to brew again.

Hello- I am curious why I am consistently getting higher than planned OGs on my brews. I am brewing all grain with a Rubbermaid orange cooler. Yesterday I brewed a cream ale it called for 1.040 I ended up with 1.058. I have calibrated my hydrometer and thermometer. Am I just brewing super...

Hello I brewed a 5.5gal batch of this yesterday using flaked rice. My OG seemed high at 1.058 dont know why I have such high gravity air lock is bubbling away.

I am going to brew this as a 5.5 gal batch should I cut the hop ammount in half or use 1 OZ crystal and 1OZ willamette for 5.5 gal batch?? Also I am using flaked rice instead of minute. Can I use a little irish moss in boil for clarity

Hello I chose this as my first all grain it was so much fun everything went smoothly I did 2 batch sparges ended up with 7.75gal preboil. 5.5 gal went into fermenter at an og of1.050 can't believe how those numbers worked out perfect. I ran a efficiency calculator and looks like 78%. That was...

Hello I am not sure on what kind of sugar to use for this candi syrup? Corn sugar I using for priming or just regular store bought white sugar Thanks

Hello I am building my first keggle and can't decide on which dip tube to use. I am currently thinking of buying a center pickup up tube from bargain fittings and then using a stainless steel scrub pad jammed under it to filter out hops. Another option is a side pick up tube which looks to...

So the beer is all done and am currently enjoying it thought I would give a follow up to this post. I ended up leaving it in fermenter for three weeks then bottled and conditioned for another three weeks. Beer tastes great I like it better than my first batch it is a nice everyday drinking...

So I am on day 8 of fermentation I took another hydro reading tonight and it has gone down a little to 1012 I still never visually saw any fermentation action the temp gas gone up slightly to 74f. I only have a scum line of.5 in compared to my last batch this really looks like a dud I also used...

I just got here in July of 2011 if he was a C-130 mech I would most likely know him.

hey thanks guys for easing my mind I will just let it ferment until two weeks and take another reading. I guess that book is right relax dont worry have a home brew.

Hello this is my first post and I am very new to the brewing process. I am on my second batch of beer. I am currently brewing Coopers austrailian Pale Ale it came in a kit with everything I needed. So long story short I pitched my dry yeast that came with kit on sunday jan 29th. the temp of...

Hello glad to have found this very informative forum. I am very new to home brewing I got a starter kit for christmas. I am in the coast guard up here in alaska with a very long winter I thought it would be fun to start brewing my own beer as a hobby. I have already completed my first batch...