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Cheers Galbrew - Yeastcalc indicates two 4L step ups will do the job. Hopefully 36 hours for each step will be enough?

BTW - unfortunately no stir plate and no shaking until im home later this evening....

Hi all, Have a WYEAST Lager smack pack with a May date which according MRMalty is at 10% viability. Im a bit unsure about his calculator as he's telling me to use several packs and a shite load of starter to get my cell count up to 500 million cells. I pitched my starter in to a litre of wort...

Much appreciated guys!

Hi rheffera, Im in the process of reviving a 3-4 mth old yeast (I bottled a bit of the yeast from a WLP001). Started on Wed night with about 300mls of wort and stepped up with another 400mls last night - plan to add 400mls tonight and probably another 400 on Sat before brewing on Sunday. Im...

Anyone know the dimensions of the 40L rays crab cooker? Or the BCF version? Thanks J

Hi all Have cold crashed an ale yesterday as I planned to bottle tonight. Not gonna happen now and am away for the next two weeks. Is the beer ok for 4 weeks in fermenter and should I bring temps back up to ferment temps?

Shot! Cheers lemmo

Hi all Was gonna do a brew tonight with ingredients i bought on Sat just gone. Grain cracked. But I'm at the pub and don't want to leave. Some one please tell me grain will be happy to wait until Sunday to be deliciously mashed and brewed without losing noticeable amounts of flavour, body...

Would replacing late additions with dry hopping produce same results?

Dummie run is a great idea. Based on Dr Smurtos method I'm assuming we want the flame out hops to remain at high temps for 20 minutes to release aromas... So what would the base temp be? ie once temp drops to x the aroma release from hops will drastically reduce?

So I'm keen on getting great flavouring and aroma in an IPA similar to a Hop Hog for example and wanted some advice on how to get this with current chilling method of dumping stockpot in laundry sink. Was thinking of dropping in flame out addition after 10 mins in the sink, obviously with as...

Thanks for the reply guys.... Will def get on to that stir plate. Will see how the step up goes... Keen to split the starter and save some coin.

Hi all - am in need of some clarification on yeast starter behaviour re the above strain (eventually ill start contributing to this forum rather than just ask for advice). Tuesday evening Boiled DME 150ml/1.5L. Cooled and poured in to 3L juice container. Followed with yeast. Vigorously swirled...

Brew fridge is in backyard and away from the prying eyes of Wifey.....

Cheers all for the advice. Just cleaned it up and sanitised the f**k out of everything. Airlock now bubbling away as it should...

Help needed! This is my fourth brew attempt and i decided to try utilise all 30L of my fermenter. Its been brewing for 48 hours and its now overflowing through the small hole on top of the lid where the airlock sits. Have bubbles foaming out of the airlock. Lid is covered with about a litre of...

Cheers for clearing that up Von. All is not lost! Def a little eager...

Hi Carniebrew, I had a crack at your recipe above on Saturday as my second brew attempt and first extract brew. I poured a sample from the fermenter yesterday after 4 days and beer was very murky and left a whole lot of oily greenish white sludge at the bottom of the glass. It smelled and...