Recent content by diehl33

Thanks for the help. I'm bottling tonight.

This is my first batch of using whole leaf hops to dryhop. Using 1 oz of Cascade. After putting the hops into the secondary, I racked the wort from the primary into the secondary. I've read that the hops will drop to the bottom, but after 4 days, they are currently still resting on the top of...

How did this turn out?

Any thoughts or experience would be greatly appreciated. This beer rocks and I'd like to get close so that I can experiment with a few different things. I emailed Ommegang but the responder was unwilling to provide any guidance. (5.5 gallons to the fermenter) 5.5lb Belgian Pilsner 5.5lb...

Noticed the BYO article on Stone has a Pale Ale extract recipe with 2-row pale malt included with the specialty grains to steep. I thought all base grains need to be mashed?? Thanks for any insight.

Should I be using nylon or meslun grain bags for a BIAB? I tried nylon the last time, for a partial mash recipe, and my OG was woefully low. Thanks for any suggestions =)

Thanks! The double pot idea is a great idea. Cheers!

I've done 2 partial mashes now, and I've gotten a very low OG (about 0.010 lower than estimated). When I did extract brewing, I would boil (rolling boil) about 2.5 gallons of wort; with partial mash, I'm barely boiling (no rolling) about 4.5 gallons - my stove top just can't get that much wort...

I can't figure out how to create a new recipe (not a new batch), nor how to delete a recipe or a batch. I don't have a mac, only an ipad. It's gotta be possible... Also, is anyone else concerned about the wide discrepancies in projected stats (OG, FG, ABV, color, IBU) between software...

Thanks for the reply. I shook/stirred the carboy a good deal, but not 5 minutes. I never had a problem w/ my OG gravity before, maybe the denser wort was closer to the bottom this time so I got more top-off water, less wort, than normal. I'll sit tight. Thanks!!

Hydrometer (new one, I dropped my other one) is off a bit - .996 in water at room temp. I left the hydrometer in the wort a while so it was close to room temp. Both could explain a tiny amount, but I'm still at or below 1.040. Can't figure this one out. The LME alone should give an OG of 1.040...

I've done a handful of kit extracts successfully. This is my first attempt at an original recipe. I used the following grains/extract for a sweetish stout. I calculated the SG on 2 online calculators as 1.054 and 1.059. Unfortunately, I got a much lower reading and have no clue why/how. 12oz...