I need some help diagnosing a strange gravity measurement.
My pre-boil gravity reading today was 1.052 for 7 gallons. My post boil, right-before-pitching-yeast gravity was 1.050 for 5.5 gallons. I know This can't possibly be right because gravity readings should go up as you boil off water...
I've found that it is difficult to unbiasedly judge my beers. It's also tough to get real feedback from people you know. If I really want good feedback, I'll buy 4 or 5 commercial beers of the same style and do a blind taste test with friends and family. I have everyone take notes about what...
Hey jfolks, thanks for the detailed answer. I have a question for you though. You say your slurry % is typically only 10%. So your calculations show that you only have .24 billion cells/ml. Mr. Malty's calc doesn't even have an option of anything less than 1 billion cells/ml. Are you sure...
I've been reading washed yeast/starter threads for awhile and it seems that people in general recommend making a starter with washed yeast even if you have enough viable yeast to begin with. The reason I'm curious is that I don't brew that often and have no need for a bunch of mason jars of...
So I brewed a slight variation of this (Glacier and Tettnang instead of Sorachi and Palisade) and I think it turned out excellent. Definitely a great citrus taste and smell. Perfect amount of bitterness too. I would actually consider it one of the best beers I've brewed in my rather limited...
Hey Nagorg,
How'd this batch end up tasting for you? I'm drinking one right now and am pretty happy with it. Mine finished at 1.008 so fairly close to yours.
I washed yeast for the first time on my last batch and I'd like to try and use it for my next one. I've read that people usually split the washed yeast into several mason jars. Then they'll make a starter with one of the mason jars.
However, I just have it all in one growler. If I used the...
I just wanted to give an update that I went to a different HBS this time for my grains and got nearly 100% mash conversion with a total brewhouse efficiency right at 70%! I was getting around 50%. So I guess it was just in the milling of the grains. These grains had WAY more powder in them...
This recipe looks awesome so I think I'm going to brew it this weekend. However, my LHBS is sold out of Sorachi Ace. Does this hop make the beer or do you think there is a reasonable subsitute?
My mucus krausen is going away. It only warmed up 2 degrees to 64 so I'm not sure if it was the slightly warmer temp or it just needed a couple days. How's yours looking?
I don't even have a hole in my krausen. It's thick all the way through. I moved it into my furnace room so that it will hopefully heat up a bit. It's been at 62 the whole fermentation. I haven't taken samples to see if ferm is done but I figure it can't hurt.