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Good advice on harvesting early yeast, I had never thought of that. I thought yeast was yeast, some floccing early and some flocking later as it multiplies and matures. I normally finish beers in a primary, unless I'm brewing a lot then I use my secondary carboys to free up primary buckets so...

It may be that your mash got a little high, but I'm not an expert by any means. US05 should be able to handle the alcohol no problem (I think it's tolerance is 11-12%). You've already done everything I'd have suggested. I'd leave it another week, have a couple beers, then check FG for a final...

I've read the same thing about sterilized water. I'm a touch lazy so I "wash" my yeast by only harvesting it from the slurry after racking out of secondary. Less gooey gross trub in the mason jar. Secondary harvesting means I'm mostly getting yeast that fall from suspension, stored in the beer...

I'm going to watch this thread, I'd like to know more as well. Next brew is a rye saison and I'm hunting for the right yeast.. hopefully someone comes along with some insight!

Does this mean that the Brasserie Dupont uses EKG?

Is it possible to get Omega yeasts online? I had concerns about shipping yeast, but I don't really have any experience to base it on, I guess. If getting liquid yeast online is simple that would vastly open up how I choose yeast to brew with. I'll look into what the local store has for other...

Very good information. Depending on time available for experimentation before brew day I'll look into making some candi sugar to see if I can get some colour in it... otherwise table sugar it is! I'll check the local shop for debittered black malt, too. Sounds like an interesting ingredient to...

Thanks for the suggestions, Rhys. How does this look? Any thoughts on achieving a slightly darker color? Orange could be achieved with more Munich, right? I'm not very familiar with Munich and vienna, don't want to overdo it..

This is the first recipe I've designed since using BeerSmith. I've made some modifications to recipes before, but never come up with one from scratch. I'd love some critiques on the grain bill and hop schedule. Does Saaz at 2 mins make sense? Should it be 0? Do I need the carapils? Thanks in...

As an update, did a double brew day today. Using the advice in this thread I made two starters. One for an English mild (1L starter using WL005 British Ale harvested from 2 pint jars of 2ndary trub from a porter) and one for an NEIPA (1L starter from a fresh WL001 California ale pack). They...

Alright, that's an easy fix. Thanks for the input! Room temp from now on.

I'm worried about yeast temperature shock in my starters... I'm not confident in checking the temp of the yeast pack against the wort so here is my fix... I've only made a few to date, but here is my process. Note, I've been making old school starters in clear growlers that I just shake whenever...