Recent content by Hellfire_Ales

On a good note though, i added about a pound of brown sugar right before i pitched my yeast, after about 24 hours, my fermentation is going nuts, so i guess thats a good sign.

I have no idea what the mineral parameter of my water are. How do i go about checking that/ fixing it? And i know my thermometer is junk, i need to invest in a good one.

I agree, i was shooting for 1.074. I did a 60 min rest at about 153f to 154f, with about 7.5 gal. Mashed out about 4.5 gal, did a rinse with about another 3 gal, and ended up with 7 gal of wort. I didnt take a reading before my boil. I think my thermometer may be screwy, so i may not have done a...

Thanks for all the great responses. I think my problem was too much water. I base everything on a 5 gallon batch, and i finished with 6.5. I think i used far too much water in my mash. I was having trouble hitting my temp and just used too much. So i know what i did wrong, now i have to fix...

My reading was taken after my wort chiller, at about 78 f. My hydrometer is new so it should be pretty accurate. The longer boil makes sense, i didnt boil off as much as i normally do, i still have over 6.5 gallons AFTER my boil. I have not pitched yeast yet, i just have the carboy sitting...

Im relatively new to all grain, less than 10 batches or so. I stopped brewing for a couple of years and just got back into it a year ago. Ive done 4 batches since then and all buy one of those the OG reading has been really low. I just brewed a pumpkin ale today, with 12.5 lbs of Briess pale...

I havent brewed a batch in over 2 years. My buddy got the itch to brew, so im back!! Cant wait to get brewing, working on a new brew system to make this the most fun brewing ive done to date!