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• Posted in thread: Disappearing Gravity on 05-26-2012 at 09:58 PM
  Remember that any reading with wort above about 90 degrees is worthless- even with conversion
  tables/correction software it is notoriously accurate. So I would say the sample at 145 degrees
  is simply ...

• Posted in thread: Disappearing Gravity on 05-26-2012 at 08:42 PM
  So you dump the cold break and the vegetative material from the hops into the fermenter? Why
  don't you use hop bags? Just curious. I make 6.5 gallon batches to end up with 5 gallon batches
  in the keg/...

• Posted in thread: Disappearing Gravity on 05-26-2012 at 08:26 PM
  my bet is that the sugar never went anywhere. it was never there to begin with. from 1.058 ->
  1.064 was just a matter of your boil-off. the fact that you expected to hit 1.072 means your
  efficiency wa...

• Posted in thread: Disappearing Gravity on 05-26-2012 at 08:12 PM
  The 1.058 is after the mash, so mash time, grain mill size etc not a factor after that point. I
  had 77% mash efficiency , which I'm happy enough with.I did forget to factor in loss to hop
  sludge, whic...

• Posted in thread: Disappearing Gravity on 05-26-2012 at 07:57 PM
  Mash today gave me 6.25 gallons at 1.058 (1.041 @ 145F). Before pitching I had 5.0 gallons at
  1.064 (1.062 @ 80F). I would have expected to get 1.072 (i.e. 58 x 6.25 / 5).Is there a
  rational explanati...

• Posted in thread: Beer Rescue on 04-28-2012 at 06:05 PM
  So, I was brewing what was supposed to be an Imperial IPA a couple of months back and in a
  moment of madness, threw in all the DME I had on hand in an improvised attempt at pushing the
  envelope.Lesson...

• Posted in thread: Pharmacy iodine for testing for starch on 03-31-2012 at 09:54 PM
  Awesome, thanks guys. I'll grab some tincture.

• Posted in thread: Pharmacy iodine for testing for starch on 03-31-2012 at 09:23 PM
  Planning my first mash tomorrow and I went to the pharmacy to get some iodine so that I could
  test for remaining starches after conversion. There were two alternatives - tincture of iodine
  (2% iodine)...

• Posted in thread: Storing Propane Outside? on 03-13-2012 at 08:11 PM
  OK, I've moved my tank out onto the (shady) deck and stuck a small plastic table over it, that
  should keep it protected from the worst of the elements and out of direct sunlight. I'm not
  convinced the...

• Posted in thread: I added waaaay too much sugar, right? on 03-13-2012 at 03:49 PM
  Rotten millet, now that's the good stuff.Does anyone have a recipe for that?