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I'm fermenting a batch of Oktoberfest in my new Fermzilla All-Rounder. I pitched a WLP 820 3L starter on Saturday. Fermentation kicked off within 12 hours it appeared. I've got the pressure kit on it and was holding pressure ~ 12 psi for a couple of days with temperature kept ~60F. Krausen...

I've got a 3L starter for an Oktoberfest (yeah, I know, a bit late for the season) that was on the stir plate for 4 days, and has been in the fridge for another 4 days. I want to decant most of the liquid off, but I'm thrown off by how cloudy it still looks. I don't want to pour off any of the...

I've got a force carbed Corny keg setup with Perlick faucets that I've been using for maybe 8 years. Over the last year I've developed a leak from one of the faucets that will result in filling the drip tray full enough to make it fall and winding up with about a quart of beer on the ground by...

Here's a picture of a starter for I made about a week ago from some frozen vials I had harvested from some unfiltered IPAS a while back. It fermented for at least 3 days at ~75F, and then I put it into the fridge, leaving the magnet in it to break up the yeast cake before pitching. When I...

I just did my 2nd transfer from my Fermonster with floating dip tube to a Corny keg. I had to cut it off once too much trub starting to get sucked up. Problem is, there was still a good 2" of liquid height above the tube intake at this point, which is close to a gallon. I did add a nut to...

I made a liter starter of WLP001 and the yeast caked up pretty well after I put in the fridge. In spite of how much I shook the container before pitching into wort, and how much I agitated the wort pouring it back and forth between buckets, when pouring the wort into the fermenter, I still...

I'm brewing an oatmeal stout and just found out that the oats I was planning on using need to be converted before adding to the mash by pre-boiling them. I'll use 1-3/4# of oats. Should the water I use for this be taken from the total amount of water calculated through Brui'n Water or should...

I've received some ball lock gas and beverage fittings, all of which have dip tubes like shown where they don't extend down past the threads. What's the point of this? I'm installing these in a cap for a Fermonster and want to attach a floating dip tube, but there's no exposed part to do so...

I'm looking to purchase a pressure kit to use for putting together a setup like this. What I've not found is how the plastic ball lock is attached to the lid. Per the item description, The kit inlcudes two plastic female threaded ball lock fittings with barbs, which thread onto the existing...

Brewfather makes adjustments with minerals that I don't use, such as baking soda. Is there a way to select what minerals that app uses? I currently use Bru'n Water, but would like to set BF up to doublecheck, but can't do that because of the unwanted minerals used. I have generally had very...

I've got a Pilsener recipe that calls for 4 oz of Saaz. I only have 3, but have another oz of Hallertau Mit. If I substitute this for the 4th oz, would it be best to be an earlier or laterer addition to the boil?

I've been brewing for about 15 years now, and while many have mastered to a higher level the craft than I have in shorter time, still I struggle to keep from making mistakes. Some I should be aware of, but others maybe not so much. The fault lies mainly with myself, being a "Jack of all...

I don't brew anything that requires lagering for the most part, but am brewing a Pilsener now. I followed a typical Bohemian Pilsener recipe and used WLP800 with about a 2L starter. Fermentation ~50F lasted about 2 weeks, at which point I lowered the temperature to 38F for another 2 weeks...

I've seen threads on low oxygen brewing and the claims of superior beer. It's also been common practice, even required practice, to aerate the wort. How does this work? I've always poured wort back and forth between buckets to aerate it.

Does anyone else have a shorter life to their keezers than the'd expect? I have always used chest freezers, usually the smaller sizes since I only keep 3 Cornys in there. Mine have only been lasting 2-3 years before failing; not dying outright, but failing to keep temperatures low while the...

I've had a number of batches brewed over the recent past that have not had the good taste that I was expecting. I had been attributing it to my 1/6 barrel SS keg that I use for fermenting that I never could be sure I was getting fully clean due to the small opening on top. I've recently made a...

I had some WLP001 yeast frozen in a glycerine solution that I used last night in a starter, but this morning it appears it was not viable. No great surprise since the solution looked to have separated somewhat. So now I have 1.5 liters of wort that I can either toss or use for a different...

I've brewed many ales, but no lagers. I've got a lager going now, using mainly the same techniques up to fermentation temperature as with ales. I read today that I should have filtered out the hot break and the kettle hops. Since I didn't, what downside can I expect from my Oktoberfest...

I have a GE chest freezer that I noticed was having trouble keeping my kegs at 40F, particularly in the summer. The sides were warm when running, but barely, and a far cry from the heat I feel from my other freezers. I checked the compressor yesterday and it sounded OK; there was a vibration...

I've saved the dregs from 4 bottles of Weihenstephan Vitus to make a starter. Roughly how many yeast cells can be expected from a single bottle? I'm trying to figure out how many steps and how large the starter(s) should be. Thanks.