Yeasts are micro-organisms used in brewing to produce alcohol during the process of fermentation.
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wild yeast taking over?
I brewed a belgian triple last week. I had a starter going using white labs trapist yeast but it didn't take off, must have been a bad vial. In the meantime the batch was sitting in the carboy ...
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odd film on my cider
I went to rack my cider into a secondary, pulled off the lid of my primary and saw this whitish film. I racked it and the film stuck to the sides of the primary as the cider level dropped off.
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Measuring yeast activity by collecting CO2
I've been thinking about ways to measure the progress of the primary fermentation, looking for an alternative to taking samples and measuring the gravity.
I was wondering if anyone has tried to ...
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US-05 Fermentation Temps
On the package of the US-05 it says it's temperature range is 58-75F. However, all the reading on forums I am finding people tend to the lower end of the spectrum, even calling upper-60's to be too ...
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Yeast Starter Stopped after ~20 hours
I am trying to make skeeter pee without the slurry from a previous batch. so I wanted to make a starter to make sure my yeast were happy guys.
I took 3 pints of water to 1 teaspoon of yeast nutrients ...
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Is 2 hours cooling the wort before adding yeast too long
I forgot about the warmer tap water and found my wort was way too hot and even after adding ice and standing the fermenter in ice water it took nearly two hours before is was the right temperature so ...
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How long to ferment for?
I made a coopers IPA can 2 days ago and it's currently fermenting away (bubbles every few seconds) and is at around 21-24 deg c (69-75 deg f) which is what it says as the label.
The can says to ...
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Kill yeast in keg
I've got a batch of cider that I've kegged. I did so at about 1.011 (OG was 1.052 IIRC). While the yeast activity will decline as the keg chills, I'd like to stop it completely so that I can bottle ...
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Wyeast Activator Swelling Expiration time
I intended on brewing tonight so I broke the activator on my Wyeast 1450 last night. Only today did I realize I'm missing a fermenting bucket to actually ferment with (d'oh, big mistake!), so I'll ...
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Make root beer without a refrigerator
All the recipes for root beer end with, bottle up your root beer in a plastic bottles. Put it away and monitor the bottles when they become hard they are ready, 2-3 days. Put them in your fridge to ...
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Are cheap poratable USB microscopes good enough to count yeast, and check vitality?
I have read that a 400x magnification is right for counting yeast on a hemocytometer, and also using dye to check vitality.
I'm looking at using a cheap portable $50 USB microscope. They are rated ...
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Day 2 of Primary Fermentation of beer
Is this what my primary fermentation should look like after a day???
It looks like my yeast has been sitting on top of foam..
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Will there still be yeast leftover for second fermentation after filtration?
I want to filter my beer then put it in the bottles for the second fermentation (aka making the beer fizz). I am worried that I will get rid of all the yeast and end up with flat beer.
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my beer smells some like yeast ?!? taste ok. but smell is off? help.
my beer smell like yeast. taste is ok but there is a strong off odor.
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I pitched my starter when it was too hot. Is it still ok to use?
I'm making my first starter and I accidentally pitched the yeast when the wort was still warm. I've had it on the stir plate for 24 hours and then a 30 minute rest. See picture, is it still ok to use ...
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Slow temperature rising vs equivalent fluctuations
I've read a few accounts of brewers using slow temperature increments to bring out particular flavours from the yeast that they're using. For example, stepping up 1C or so every day over a few days.
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My yeast isn't floating at the top of my mead
I just made my first ever batch of mead. I used a stronger yeast (a wine yeast) and the package said to let it sit for about 15 minutes in 50ml of warm water. I did that and added the water and yeast ...
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Attribute taste variation to volume of bottle?
This is not exactly a home brew question but this site seems to be the best fit in the stack exchange network for it. You can home brew the beer in question with a kit produced by the brewery though ...
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Premature fermentation of wine must. What to do?
I recently took delivery of a five gallon pail of white wine juice. Supposedly, the juice had been refrigerated on its trip from California and stored in a cool warehouse here in my home town. ...
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Yeast on primary fermenting foam [duplicate]
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Day 2 of Primary Fermentation of beer
Is this what it should look like day 2? I sprinkled the yeast on top yesterday, and today it looks like it foamed a bit and looks ...
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End of Fermentation?
I emailed this to the Mr. Beer beermaster, but I figured I'd ask here as well.
For my Doppelbock 7.0, this Sunday will make it 3 weeks in the keg for fermentation. The previous beer I made was a pale ...
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Sloe wine: going very slowly
Since I had enough sloes left over after doing this year's sloe gin, I have a demijohn of sloes fermenting - the first home brewing I've tried. About 2kg of sloes, boiled down with 2kg of sugar, and ...
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Can Dried yeast function at a low temperature?
I started my first batch of home brew lager around 24hrs ago I aerarted it and it was at 20 Degrees celcius but does not appear to be fermenting..... I know people say I have to give it time as I read ...
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When should I hydrate my dry yeast?
I'm brewing beer tonight (in roughly three hours) and I've decided to try rehydrating my dry yeast instead of throwing it directly into the cooled wort. If I boil a couple cups of water, how long does ...
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WLP 566 Saison Long Fermentation
I brewed up a saison/BGSA 13 days ago, OG of 1.088. Don't have the grain bill/fermentables handy, but there was a good bit of sugar/highly fermentable adjuncts. Pitched a 32oz starter with this ...
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Didn't reach target FG, pitched more yeast, gravity same after a week. Should I just bottle already?
My batch didn't reach the target FG and I'm trying to decide whether to just bottle or to pitch more yeast (would be 3rd pitch).
I have a very similar situation to the one described here:
Brewed an ...
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“Quiescence Yeast” Or will my yeast-to-be survive a travel to the caribbean?
This is a related question, but not a usefull one to me :(
I intend to buy liquid yeast from northenbrewer (WLP099 in case you wonder) and I currently live in Venezuela, a very hot and sunny place ...
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Fermentation hasn't started?
Made a kit on Saturday, 1/2 lb. Caramel 80 specialty grain, 9.15 lbs rye extract. Kit came with the Wyeast American Ale smack pack. When I got the yeast pack out of the fridge, the pack was already ...
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New Wyeast private stcok yeast strains? [closed]
Has anyone had any experiences with the new Wyeast Private Reserve yeast strains. I just bought a Cask Ale, and wondered if anyone had tried a beer with it yet?
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Fermentation started, then stopped the next day. Is my yeast dead?
This is my first shot at homebrewing, using Northern Brewer's American Wheat Beer kit which is based on liquid malt extract, Willamette and Cascade hops, and a packet of dry yeast. I brewed and put ...
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What happens if I Double Brown Ale
I'm thinking about making something like Frambozen from New Belgium from brown ale and added raspberries. However it's more of a sipping beer / higher alcohol content than the regular brown ale.
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Should I be disappointed?
Just started, so my question is very basic.
I got Coopers Lager Kit, did everything by instructions, temperature has been stable at 22-24C but gravity doesn't go down. OG was 1.039, dropped to 1.020 ...
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Yeast Ok After Being Near Freezing?
I have some California Ale Yeast WLP001 that I accidentally put in a corner of my fridge that is near freezing and it has been there for about a month. It's still in liquid form, so I think it should ...
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What to expect from champagne yeast?
I bought a pack of champagne yeast, but not sure why, just to try it :) What differences should I expect compared to a "normal" English ale yest?
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What volume of brewer's yeast to use for yeast-nutrient-less dandelion wine?
I'm trying my first, 1-gallon batch of dandelion wine. Some recipes say "1 packet" of brewer's yeast, and mine doesn't even specify an amount. It also specifies to add "yeast nutrient," which my ...
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Lager yeast fermenting at 25-30C
The summer is approaching, and I would like to make some experiments using lager yeast, just completely out of its temperature range. I guess that steam bear was made using lager yeast at higher ...
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Problems with Wyeast London Ale 1028?
I had a brew day yesterday and ran into something a little odd. I smacked a pack of Wyeast London Ale #1028 berfore I started my routine. After everything was said and done with the boil it had been ...
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Troubleshooting a stuck fermentation with Ringwood Ale
I'm brewing an IPA using Wyeast 1187 (Ringwood Ale) and it seems stuck. I'm brewing 19L (5G) with an OG of 1.052 and pitched two (smacked) smackpacks of 1187 straight into the primary bucket. I used ...
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Reusing vs using new yeast [duplicate]
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How many times can yeast be reused?
I have read in a couple of places that you should only reuse yeast a couple of times - most say up to 5 times because you would get ...
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Abuse my recipe! Belgian pale ale [closed]
My main motivation is to build a big yeast cake of 3787 to brew a triple, but I might as well make as good a beer as I can in the process.
I've specified Crystal 30 because Caravienne is not ...
