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Brewed this up again yesterday. Did a 90 min boil and changed the 5 min. hops to a flame out addition at 180 degrees. I think I did goof on the grain purchase. I couldn't remember the sub for toasting the grains and subbed with Caramel 10L. FG was 1.061 fermenting at 63 now. Will be a...

Yes its was at 1.022 when I dry hopped and 1.20 a week later. Used 05 that was rehydrated and it started very slow. Temp has been held at 65 give or take the whole time. Bottling today what ever its at. I did check my hydrometer and its ok

Doing a Mad Hatter clone that's been in the fermenter for about a month now. Dry hopped it about a week and it have a reading of 1.022 after a week its still bubbling at about one every 5 sec. Current reading is 1.20 per Beersmith it should end about 1.012. Don't want off favors from dry...

Normally about 70 degrees after cooling wort. I tried putting fermentation bucket in fermenter once and cooled down to 67 or so before pitching had a very long lag then to

Use Vodka. I have had the same problem a number of times. Starsan bubbles up and foams out of the airlock. I currently have two buckets in the fermenter one has been in for a month and still has some activity in airlock. I dry hopped it a week ago and the vodka split out of the airlock I...

Thanks for this recipe. my wife loves it also. Will be making more

Here's the recipe I've been using and it comes out good, I have never had it side by side with Gumball head. I make my Daughter a batch for Christmas or her Birthday when we are going to up north at that time of year and she has never turned them down. 5 lbs Wheat Malt, Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 1...

After reading all of the comments yesterday got my wine thief out, and my hydrometer and went out to test it. Great big creamy head on the beer. Closed it up and let it do its thing

I'm using filtered tap water that has been boiled cooled then reheated to 105 also float the yeast.

I've used the rehydrating instructions in the dry yeast sticky for my last two batches. For the past 4 years have just opened the package and dropped the yeast in. I brewed two days ago and rehydrated the yeast, I've had no activity in the air lock so I opened the lid and nothing is going...

It was one of the flimsy ones. My old one must have been stronger never had a problem I think I going with the bag.

Getting one tomorrow

Without a lot of details, my braided steel supply line collapsed during yesterdays mash causing a stuck spurge. After a few attempts to get it going again, I had got about 2 gallons down before it completely shut down. I ended up putting a little of the grains in a strainer at a time and...

corrected to four days thanks.

Thanks I added the wheat and I'm pretty close now. Going to play with the Maris otter a bit to get it closer.