Brewcommune

I share a house and have limited storage space and the space is on the warmer side (72-75°), so 2 weeks ago (after bottling) I decided to store my IPA in the garage. The temperature range in the garage is between 48-56°. I tried a beer last night and it tastes great, except it barely has any carbona...

Thanks everybody for the useful information. I'm heading up to the homebrew store tomorrow to pick up WLP650. I'll get a starter rolling, pitch, aerate well and keep my fingers crossed. After the fermentation settles down, I'll rack to another vessel and give it some time. I'll post with info when t...

Thanks for the replies from my last post re: underpitching my suprisingly high gravity ale ('pitching at bottling' post). I brewed the batch on 6/2/08 and pitched a 1 liter starter of WLP550, OG 1.096. I racked to a carboy ("secondary") on 6/9/08, with the gravity at 1.054. As of yesterday...

hello - i'm a fairly new brewer (10 extract batches) and really starting to love the hobby. this is my first time on this forum and hoping to get some advice. i just brewed an ale that had an unusually high OG (1.096) that i did not expect, and looking for recommendations on pitching additional yeas...