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Hi all I have just started buying better quality yeasts for my brews, and i am trying different ones: lallemand nottingham ale,and american ale, safale s04 and coopers ale. Am i right in thinking that after primary i can harvest the yeast cake into tubs (everything sanitised of course)...

right cheers guys this has all been really really helpfull! Was basically sprinting with a blindfold on, i now see. Well at least this inffection has brought light to the many mistakes i was making. Although some what misinformed thanks to that site so i think i was being about 2/3s and idiot...

hey, right i have managed to find the site that sent me on my misguided path see what you guys think of it http://webspace.webring.com/people/ms/sirleslie/HomeBrewingTips/HomeBrewingTips.html the racking scetion talks about canabilstic yeast eating itself once the sugar is gone and spoiling...

espresso vanilla stout 3 weeks into secondary

yeah i read that hot brewing the coffee gave it a really harsh acrid taste. used boilded filterd water and sanitised the bowl, could think of a way to clean the coffee though except cold extracting it in vodka? looks like i may have got this whole racking deal a bit wrong!

Hi all, I am a 'newb' still messing around with kits and adding different stuff to secondary to improve my brews. This is a stout I’ve been racking for 3 weeks now, I tried to infuse it with coffee via 'cold extraction' and added home made vanilla essence in brandy. I just checked it...