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Chances are the OG was off because you used water to top off to 5 gallons. It is rather difficult to mix the wort and top off water. So chances are you just grab a sample that was slightly more water filled than it will be once properly mixed. Nothing to worry about. Your fermentation is...

Just transfered to the secondary on the extract version. I did a full boil but had a lot boil off and ended up with a high OG of 1.074. It finished it 1.023. Only 69% attenuation with S-04, but nothing I could do would start it up to finish off the remaining bit. I guess I could have just...

Sounds good, thanks guys.

Its been awhile since I have brewed... almost 1.5 years. I am planning on doing AHS honey kolsch mini-mash this weekend. I am going to use WLP029. After the normal brewing process, I am a bit hazy remembering all the details and would love some help. I am going to ferment at 66. I plan on...

Ok thanks guys!

Hey guys, I brewed my christmas ale last weekend. I used the AHS christmas ale kit which included 1/2 oz of spices. I like Christmas beer to be pretty spicy so I do not know if this is enough. From reading a different recipe, I got the idea to put a cinnamon stick in some vodka, leave it...

Sorry for the lack of response. To answer some questions: It has been 2 weeks and 1 days since I brewed now. Fermentation started about 3 hours after brewing. This was not a kit it was a converted AG recipe from a member. Seemed like a lot of crystal, but that is what Beer Smith suggested...

packet says 59-75 on it, so pretty sure I was ok with temperature since I figure they are referring to the actual wort temperature, not the outside temp. I guess it is slightly sweet still. Guess Ill give it some more time. Have plenty of time until October anyway.

Fermentation started after about 4 hours. Pretty sure it was very well aerated as well. Krausen fell after about 4 days. Bubbles did never really slow more than every 20-30 seconds. Just seems weird to me that after 2 weeks it would still be doing this.

I brewed an extract version of BierMunchers Octoberfast (guess you can call it a pm) and the FG is a little high. I was expecting 1.014 and its sitting at 1.020 right now. It was 1.022 and I gave it a good rousing 3 times over the course of 1.5 days. 2 days later, its sitting at 1.020...

I didnt strain my first batch. Made my second batch on Friday and decided to strain. The only thing I had to use was a funnel with a strainer on it. I used hop pellets for the beer, and it was really hard to get the beer flowing through... the hops kept clogging the funnel. I eventually just...

For the extract recipe posted earlier, what are thoughts on replacing either the amber LME or the pale LME with munich LME? I have some munich from AHS that lists it as 20% munich malt, 80% 2-row. Is this a possible substitution for one of these, or should I stick with the pale/amber...

I use a shot glass... that is 1.5 ounces, so I just fill it up about 2/3 of the way and dump it in. I think the back of the bottle says .5 ounce for 3 gallons, so just under an ounce for 5 gallons. As long as there is some brownish color I think youre ok.

I don't know the tolerance of the carboy, but 110F seems like a lot of heat shock to the glass. I would guess you got lucky. Either way, it is no fun cleaning up a bunch of glass, and it can be dangerous when it shatters. Next time get yourself some sanitizer like iodophor or starsan and...

Alot of threads I have read say that since it is a full boil, it wont make a difference if you do late addition or not on the LME. Does anyone have experience with this first hand? I am going to try to keep the color as light as possible. For the hops, since it is a full boil, there should be...