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Pitched a starter with White Labs Irish Ale Yeast last night in my stuck Oatmeal Stout and within an hour I had airlock activity and Krausen build up that has lasted all through the night and is still churning this morning as well. Excited to take a gravity reading when this puppy calms down...

Made my Yeast Starter about 21 hours ago. 3 cups water, 1.5 cups extra light DME. I had tin foil around the top of the gallon jug. When I came home today it looks about the same as it did this morning. I put an airlock on top of the jug and there is airlock activity, about 3 times per...

I got my Starter kit from local HBS. Im dealing with a Brewers Best Oatmeal Stout that had a 1.058 OG and is stuck at 1.032 right now. I have raised the temperature from 62 to 68, still no movement. Used Windsor Yeast, which according to Brewer Best is supposed to cut off a little early...

Well, the dreaded curse of 1.030 has hit my Brewers Best Oatmeal Stout. Temperature had fallen down to 62 degrees and fermentation was stuck for 4 days. I moved it to a room and ive gotten the temperature up to 70 now and swished it around a bit, nothing happening though. So I called by...

I made an Oatmeal Stout from Brewer's Best. The Original Gravity was 1.058, target range for Final Gravity is 1.012-1.016...however Ive been stuck at 1.032 for 4 straight days now. I put in glass carboy to ferment on 11/29/10. It fermented pretty vigorously until 12/1/10, when it stopped...

Brewers Best English Pale Ale Kit. Had an Original Gravity of 1.042, will have been in Primary for two weeks tomorrow. I took a Gravity reading 3 days ago and it was at 1.010, which was the bottom end of the Final gravity recommended by Brewers Best. I'll take another reading today and then...

got an Oatmeal Stout Kit, came with added instructions on how to "Steep to Convert." Now Ive done one Brewers Best English Pale Ale kit, and it involved steeping grains + extract + hops. this Oatmeal Stout has the specialty grains and the Oats, plus a LME and a DME. The Steep to Convert...

Im going to be using a 6.5 gallon ( i think) Carboy for my next primary fermentation, since my only 6.5 gallon bucket is housing a English Pale Ale at the moment. When I connect the blow off tube, from the stem of the airlock (with the x part of the airlock removed) what sort of liquid can I...

Backstory, my first two brews crapped on me at about 1.022 Specific Gravity. They were a Wheat Beer and a Nut Brown, needless to say, they were too sweet and not good at all. I have a English Pale Ale Brewers Best kit that I made and has been fermenting for 11 days now. I decided to check...

Ive rehydrated my Nottingham Yeast, but I cant add it to the wort yet because its taking way too long to bring the temperature down to be able to pitch the yeast. Would I be safe to allow the yeast to sit in the water bowl overnight, should I refrigerate it, or will leaving it in water that...

Question 1: I just went and purchased a whirlpool mini-fridge to one brew at a time while it is fermenting. Ive got a Nut Brown Ale fermenting right now in a plastic tub in a bathtub that I am trying to keep in the 60s with ice. Well, im growing very tired of putting ice in it all the time so...

Fermentation had begun rather quickly, within 24 hours of putting the yeast in the wort. Airlock was bubbling like crazy all last night. When I come home today, the airlock wasnt doing anything. I had the batch sitting in a tub of water with ice, which had melted. I am sure the temp was...

Ive had my soon to be beer fermenting for about 22 hours in a room in my house with the fan on and another fan blowing on it. However, the temperature of the liquid according to a thermometer on the outside of the bucket, is about 78 degrees. Ive read where it needs to be somewhere between...

Well, I have succumbed to Home Brewing. I had tried this before with Mr. Beer, but got a finished product that resembled the taste of an open Natural Light beer being put underneath a lamp for about 3 days. I went to the closest home brewing shop, which is 1 hour and 45 minutes away, to get my...