Recent content by graphikone

Hello all, I recently brewed and extremely gnarly beer HERE. I have never brewed a batch with so much sugar and I'm curious if one packet of Wyeast is enough to eat it all. I pitched one package and oxygenated the wort as best I could. The next day I was getting great fermentation with a...

I say go for it! Follow your dreams. We just may be talking to the next Sam Adams here.. ::Elbow::

1st batch.. Cracked a week early.. Had the whole party loving it.. Good times.. Good beer. Thanks guys.

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Yeah I think thats my only real option at this point. Getting the OG and FG numbers correct is very unclear does anyone have and good info on this balancing act and what the functions are?

After I mixed the water into the wort I did not stir it up. Maybe that is where my odd reading is coming from. I have an aggressive fermentation going right now and I'm wondering if I take another reading with my refractometer. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks

Honestly, I'm not sure how to adjust for temperature but it was around 70 degrees when the yeast went in. Im brewing "Chico Ale (West Coast IPA)" not sure if that helps but that what it is.

Hello I just finished brewing a batch. I checked my starting gravity and it read 1.070. The recipe I have used says it should be 1.049-1.051. This seems pretty off to me. Any ideas? Thanks..

Good news. Thanks guys I'll repost later and let you guys know how it is. Cheers.

Hello all. Question.. I have 2 5 gallon batches going right now. One is in the secondary and one is still in primary about to go into secondary. I came home tonight to find that my wife borrowed my space heater for an hour. It was keeping my space at an even 70 degrees. When she returned the...