Airlock activity, when to use gelatin, immersion vs counterflow chillers, & dry vs liquid yeast when making a starter – Ep. 237

Welcome back, friend! We’re so excited to have you here for another fun-filled episode of our Homebrew Happy Hour podcast… the podcast where we answer all of your home brewing questions and discuss anything related to craft beer! A SUBTLE REMINDER: If you appreciate the things we do here at Homebrew Happy Hour, consider joining our Trub Club! Not only will you be supporting our efforts, but you’ll also receive exclusive perks such as HUGE discounts on HomebrewSupply.com and Kegconnection.com, welcome packs with our merch, discounts to BrewersFriend.com, and lots more! Click the link and join today  —  https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=21132635 On Today’s Show: We discuss how to know when your fermenting beer is done (and what exactly activity in your airlock means). Then we take a question about using gelatin for clarity in your beer and when is the best time to add it (in the fermenter vs in the keg). Our third question is about immersion chillers compared to counterflow chillers and which might be best in various scenarios. Finally, we wrap up the show with a question from a community member who isn’t sure whether dry yeast or liquid yeast is better for making starters with (or if it even matters at all). We want to hear from you! If you have a question that you’d like us to discuss on a future episode, please click on the “Submit a Question” link at the top of our website or you can now call in your questions via our questions hotline @ 325-305-6107 and leave your message after the beep. This is a friendly reminder that, if we choose your question for a future episode, we give you a $25 gift card to that episode’s sponsor! Let us know what you think and enjoy the show! cheers, joshua ————————– BRAUTAG.COM https://brautag.com/ On today’s episode, we had a blast taking your questions and also talking shop about our sweet new Brautag HERMS Premium Brewing System. The website for the Brautag is live (https://brautag.com/) and our retail partners all are offering a special introductory bonus which includes: $500 off the MSRP, making it $4495.95 Free 15 gallon recipe kit of your choice 3 packs of Imperial Yeast with your recipe kit Free 1-year membership to BrewersFriend.com Free premium refractometer with a hard case Free premium pH meter and testing strips Free 16oz bottle of San Step sanitizer Free 1lb bag of Brew Clean powdered cleaner Free metal tintacker bar sign for the Brautag Free Brautag baseball cap https://brautag.com/ ————————– Thank you to our show’s sponsor, Imperial Yeast, for supporting us and the homebrewing community. Learn more about why we LOVE Imperial Yeast by checking out their entire line, available at HomebrewSupply.com: https://homebrewsupply.com/ingredients/yeast/imperial-yeast/ ————————– Become a Patron!  Reminder that these episodes are ultimately made possible because of YOUR support. Consider becoming a member of our TRUB CLUB via our Patreon page and receive perks such as merch, exclusive group access and content, recipes, and some tiers even get monthly recipe kits mailed to you! https://www.patreon.com/HomebrewHappyHour ————————– Are you a member of the American Homebrewers Association yet?  — CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/support-the-aha/?promo=Homebrew-Happy-Hour