I got my score sheets back from St Paul today. I entered 4 beers. It was my first comp and my Brown Ale scored a 34.5 and advanced to mini BOS and looks like a 3 was written in the place awarded and maybe erased or written lightly so not sure what that means
I have had my Kolsch in the primary for 2 weeks now at 68 degrees. I am using the Kolsch yeast. Should I just leave it in the primary at 68 or should I move it to my Keezer which is set to 40 degrees? I am new to brewing yet and not real familiar with Kolsch
I am using a cooler for a mash tun. The whole issue was my thermometer that was giving me false high readings. I think it got damp last brew session but I figured it dried out and was working properly. My plan was to use it only for cooking again and then use the new thermapen for brewing but...
I have a thermapen but last weekend it started giving me irradict readings and then it seemed normal again. It was one of the old ones that aren't splash proof. I ordered a a new style to use for brewing that was splash proof and it was suppose to be here today but do to a blizzard it was...
Just figured out my temp readings have been off by about 10 degrees so I was mashing lower that I thought. I was at like 140 rather than 154. It has been about an hour. What should I do?
I was aiming for a mash temp of 150 and was at 148. I added more hot water but never got it above 148. I mashed for 75 min. I then drained and added 177 degree sparge water and it only raised temp to 159. I drained and put in another round of sparge at 190 degrees this brought the temp up to...
I am using the tube it comes in and I also use sanstar. So I think when I pour the sample from my baster there is still some sanstar in it so I get alittle bit of foam on the surface of my sample. It seems to be just enough where it causes my hydrometer to stick to the side slightly so I...