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I bought some brew supplies a few months ago to stock up while on sale. I noticed the Wyeast 1318 smack packs I had were going to expire Feb. 7th. So I tried to make a starter out of the first pack. Starter recipe as follows 1500 ml distilled water 1 cup DME. Boiled this for 10 minutes...

I just received a letter from our water district saying that they're adding sodium hydroxide to our water supply to help with metal pipes and help their treatment system last longer. The current PH is 7.2 and they're raising to 7.8. I'm glad that they sent me a letter, even more glad that I...

Couple of things first off Rogue Valley Brewing in Grants Pass has become a bar instead of a brew supply store. This really sucks and other than Blackbirds in Medford, which has yeast that expired months ago, we don't have a brew supply store worth a sh!@. So I ordered some yeast from Williams...

OK so my friend has been bragging about using dry yeast for his brew and how easy they are to use. So I decided to try some. I used a Lallemand Premium series English style ale yeast. It started chugging away within an hour or 2 with a pretty good cap on it. The next morning it was really going...

I've been using White Labs WLP005 and sometimes it's chugging away within 24 hours and sometimes it takes almost 48 hours. The only thing I could think of is the use by date was on August 7 and I brewed on the 16th. I used Imperial A01 House last time and it seems to always get going within 24...

I recently brewed up an oatmeal stout. Put in the fermenter and everything was going good. Temperature where I ferment dropped due to cold weather and temp went from 68F to 64F in the fermenter. I turned the heating pad on low, which I rarely have to use, and I forgot about it. The next day...

I've been bottling all of my beer, but I was wondering if I could use my pressurized growler to carbonate my first gallon so I can drink my brew sooner. It's a one gallon growler pressurized by the little CO2 cartridges with a tap on the top. Pressurized Growler(64OZ, 128OZ, 175OZ) Will this...

So I started brewing last year. Wanted to support the local shops, but the closest one burned down so I had to drive to Grants Pass. Great shop helpful owner well stocked. Stopped by the place a week or so ago and new owner. Not stocking what the previous owner did or not replenishing stock. I'm...

On my last batch, an imperial stout, I had a bit of a boilover. So instead of bringing volume up to an even 5 gallons I dropped it down to a little over 4 gallons. After racking to a secondary and transferring to the bottling bucket and adding 3/4 cup corn sugar and 2 cups boiling water I...

Brewed my 2nd batch last Saturday. By Sunday night fermentation was going great. By Monday morning all of the headspace was gone and I was getting concerned since some of the foam was getting in the airlock. So I put a blowoff tube on the airlock and placed the tube in the water and all was good...

My wife got me a really nice Gas One 8 gallon brew kettle for Christmas. It's the one with the false bottom and the bazooka screen tube on the ball valve. It also has a thermometer on the front of it. Is the thermometer dial submersible? I don't have a wort chiller yet and usually put the...

So brewing my first batch and have a problem, fermentation started off slow and stopped. I know one mistake I made for sure I forgot to get starting SG reading before adding yeast and air lock. As it stands right now after 3 days in the fermenter the SG is at 1.020. After 24 hours I was...

Hi everyone I decided to take up a new hobby this winter. Normally I'd be out on the river rowing the drift boat this time of year, but I had to have an extensive shoulder surgery recently so I decided to take up beer brewing. I've done some fruit fermentations in the past few years pear cider...