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I have had two lagers 'lagering' in secondary in my fridge at 40 deg for about a month. I have decided I want to brew another lager but I only have the one fridge, which means I would need to raise the temp to about 55 for a week or so while the new lager ferments, after which I would drop the...

Thanks. I'll pull them back out and let'em work some more:-)

BTW. OG and FG were 1.054 and 1.014, respectively.

I have a batch of chocolate stout that tastes fantastic but is a bit undercarbed. It was a 2 gallon batch. I fermented for 3 weeks in a glass carboy then transferred with auto siphon to bucket for bottling, leaving as much trub in the carboy as possible. I used 1.5 oz of corn sugar mixed into...

Hi guys I know the rule of thumb is 1lb of extract per gallon of water but is that post boil wort gallon or pre boil gallon? I am starting with around 3 gal of water to finish up with about 2.5 gal of wort. Should I be using 2.5 lb or 3 lb of extract? (I am using DME) Thanks

Hey thanks! Glad to know that I didn't blow it.

First time brewer - cooked up a batch of stout last night, everything went fine but tonight there was still no activity in the airlock. I investigated and found that when I put the airlock in the lid of my bucket last night, I apparently pushed the grommet through the lid and into the wort, so...