Recent content by randallpink

After doing a little extra research and re-doing my calculations I actually had an OG of 1.067 and a FG of 1.016 which would bring me to 6.5% ABV. This seems a little more reasonable given the brew. Thanks for the responses

I did a light stir of the wort after I cooled it to 70F and immediately took an OG reading. Unfortunately I don't have a hydrometer. Since I'm only going to be brewing 1 gallon batches, I opted for the refractometer as to save as much beer as possible when taking measurements. I use a pot...

I brewed the Everyday IPA two weeks ago and bottled today. My ABV clocked in at 8.2% which seems to be very high for this beer. Pre boil gravity was 1.043 post boil was 1.075 when it came out of the fermenter it was 1.036 or 9 brix on the refractometer, which when put through calculations...