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I'm a 5 gallon extract brewer, but haven't brewed a batch in the past six months. I hit a wall with my brewing where I realized I needed to invest in more equipment to yield higher quality beer. Immersion Chillers, Temperature Control, things like that. I just couldn't afford to buy the...

I had this same situation on a higher gravity Blonde Ale last week. The same goopy, think Krausen spilled out of the top of my fermenter twice in as many days. It was a little messy to clean up, but this has since settled down and the last sample I pulled tasted fine. For what it's worth, I'm...

When people talk about potential off flavors from pitching too much yeast, let me say that I haven't had much of an issue with that, however I did pitch 2 packs of Safale 06 Wheat yeast on a 5 gallons of Witbier and I do think it created a lot of off flavors. I can't describe what it is, but...

To clarify, let me say that I have been pitching 2 packs of yeast into beer with a starting gravity of about 1.055 and higher. I would not pitch two packs onto lower gravity beer. I haven't brewed anything with a starting gravity of less than 1.055 in several months, though, so when I say it's...

I actually just brewed an "Imperial Blonde" Brewers Best kit the other day. They call it Imperial and claim 7- 8% ABV. My OG was 1.064, so I'm just calling it a regular Blonde Ale, though. I would suggest steeping 1lb of honey malt for 20 minutes and adding a pound or two of light or extra...

Hoppybrewster -- this is what I do as standard procedure. I always pitch two 11g packs of dry yeast into 5 gallons (usually Safale-04 or 05). I especially do this for beer with a higher SG, but I also do it on lower gravity beers. What I get from this is peace of mind knowing that the...