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I used deer park on my 2nd batch, it was an ale & it turned out good so figured it had something to do with the water or possibly the hops that spilled in the wort & sat there the whole time in primary

Just an update, I bottled & let the beer sit for 3 weeks to carbonate then chilled it. Was gonna wait til football kicked off but had to try one this weekend. It's not great but it is drinkable, had mixed results letting the family taste it

I hope so, been waiting awhile for it, was looking forward do drinking it when football season kicks off. Gonna let it bottle condition til then. The ale I tasted when I transferred to secondary & it was good (actually like it better than after the dry hops) so I checked the lager & didn't get...

I used a refractometer, original brix was 9.5 & final was 4

I made an ale for my 2nd batch & it actually turned out pretty good & strong with 6.3 abv so that's probably what yeast I used for that. It was a little hoppy from dry hopping but toned down after a couple sips. It called for leaf hops but i couldn't get any so used pellets & didn't realize the...

Wyeast 1056 I believe, like I said it was my 1st brew I've tried & they didn't have the wlp940 Mexican lager & the guy at the beer supply store said that would work. In the recipe the guy just used distilled water & didn't add anything so that's what I did as well.

The recipe I found said to do it like that so I did, read up on lagering more since then & most of it says what you suggested. Thanks for your help, hopefully it'll turn out good

I tried my 1st lager, a pacifico clone. I added hops in a spice ball at flame out & when I went to remove it it came open & most of the hops fell into the wort. I fermented for 7 days then dropped the temp by 5° a day until around 33 degrees & lagered for 6 weeks. I did notice some times my...

I ended up with 5 gal after boil, it was like 6.8 gallons before the boil & boiled for 90 min. My observed brix were 12.6 & 5, correct. Still trying to understand the WCF but I guess I need to use the brix in the future as well as getting a hydrometer. Thanks for y'alls help

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/miller-lite-really-triple-hopped.123937/

Like I said I'm new to this & this is my 2nd batch. I did 5 gallons, I used 1 Tsp amylase enzyme at secondary fermentation. I checked the refractometer with distilled water to begin with but read that I should have went off of brix instead of gravity & found a calculator that has error...

I was using a refractometer & after a little research I believe I may not have figured it quite right

New to trying to brew beer. I made an ale & the recipe says it's expected efficiency is 75%. The expected OG is 1.030 & FG is 1.000. My OG was 1.051 & FG was 1.020, not sure what I did wrong. I tasted it before bottling & it smells & taste real similar to miller lite maybe mixed with a natty. Is...