Questions tagged [pitch]
Pitch is the action of adding yeast to a wort or must usually in a primary fermenter.
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Fermenter foaming over
I’m doing a porter, went through all steps and got to pitching the yeast in the bucket. After only a few hours my fermenter seriously bubbled over. Thoughts?
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How long can beer be exposed in a primary fermentation bucket?
I was recently doing a batch of beer and for some reason the temp of the beer after I put it in the primary fermentation bucket wasn't low enough to pinch the yeast right away. I left the top off of ...
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Can the Mash get cold before I add yeast?
I'm brewing two batches of grain mash, since im using a small pot.
Anyways, half is cooling outside right now, the other half is on the stove, I plan to combine the two afterwards then get it to 70°...
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Pitching stressed yeast cake (Wit)
I've recently made a wit and used Wyeast WLP 3944. I didn't have time to make a starter and only had one package of yeast.
Beersmith estimated the package to be around 66% viable given the date on ...
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Yeast pitching temp/ ferment temp
I have read here and there that it is ok to pitch your yeast at a high temperature, say 83°F?
Seeing as it will take a considerably long time for the temperature to drop to an ambient 68°F then ...
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Failed primary fementation - repitch?
Yeast: Mangrove Jack's M44 - US West Coast
Yesterday I brewed an IPA recipe but had a couple of issues when it came to pitching the yeast.
The first was that I could not get the wort temperature ...
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How much yeast can I reuse from the last fermentation?
I have a yeast on the trub from my 5 gallon batch fermentation. I want to reuse it for my next batches.
Is that ok if I add all of this yeast to my next batch?
Or is there any proportion I should ...
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Soda: Fermentation dynamics and off-flavours
I came here not only to solve my off-flavour issue, but also to learn more about early stage of fermentation. I am making sodas (mostly Ginger Beer) which I am fermenting for carbonation. Everything ...
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Use expired yeast or wait for new yeast to arrive?
I just brewed with what I now realise is a rather old Williams Brewing Kolsch kit. The yeast is Wyeast 2565 Kolsch and the packet has already expanded. I have no idea when it expanded, so I assume ...
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Reactivate Yeast?
First time home brew. I followed instructions and pitched yeast into wort (which looked like mud) airated it a bit, placed in my basement with a cover over it.
There was a bit of activity in the ...
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under pitched (1st) yeast-aerate into fermenter on 2nd (new) pitch or no?
I brewed an all grain stout 2 weeks ago, OG was 1.087 which was almost spot on for where I'd hoped. However, I mis-calculated the pitch rate for my starter. Racked to secondary to dry hop with mint (...
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Is a yeast starter required for this recipe
According to brewers-friend, I am short 139 billion yeast cells for a recipe I was estimating. I was planning on trying something along the lines of this recipe.
My original idea was to re-hydrate a ...
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Is it important to reach pitch temps quickly?
I have seen lots of posts where guys say they stayed up late because their wort hadn't reached pitch temp until 4am or somethinglike that.
What is the harm in just going to bed at 1 or 2, waking up ...
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Waited 6 Days after boil to pitch yeast, Wort had what looked like mold, what can be done?
Like the title says, after I chilled my wort I realized the kit I ordered did not come with yeast, an error on the packers fault. Because of my work schedule I wasn't able to pitch the yeast for about ...
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Should the starter volume be included in the overall batch size?
I'm giving my first starter a go: a 2.4L starter for a 21L batch overall. Since this looks like it will account for over 11% of the total volume, should I recalc for a 23L / 19L batch? Or should I ...
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