Recent content by butter14

As a past resident of the Outer Banks OBX Brewing is more of a tourist attraction than a grade A brewery. Although I didn't formally judge, the last time I had a tried the beers there I wasn't impressed. It seemed like the beers took too many risks that didn't pay off. For example, the use of...

Saaz does have a bitter, medicinal and piney flavor to it while its in suspension. Give the hops a little time to drop to the bottom and it should pull that flavor away. To replicate what you were experiencing I brewed today with Saaz as a aromatic final five minute addition. It also...

I find that it still works better than most other beer calculators. I have seen the website features stagnate though. It's too bad because there was a whole lot of promise with the service.

The actual OG is the final reading from the fermentor after wort aeration & cooling. The yeast strain for the most recent is Wyeast - French Saison 3711. Predicted FG was ~1.011 and my reading was 1.03. Fermentation temperature was 70F for 1 week and 80F for the next (this recipe called...

I'm on my 4th all grain batch. I am consistently getting higher attenuation than what the recipes are predicting. I am batch sparging with a 5 gallon cooler. I've been hitting my OGs pretty close and my mashing temps have been at ~160F. What factors could be contributing to such high...