Recent content by thesinistral

HA! of course! Thanks again!

I wish it were operator measurement error instead of functional. I took the reading after chilling to 75degrees. Twice. I will take it again this weekend before adding the DME. Thanks for the DME information. I think I will split the difference and add 2# DME to a gallon of recovered wort...

GREAT! I will do 3 more weeks primary and 3 weeks in the bottle. Any recommendation on the amount of DME I should add to that one gallon boil? Or point me to a calculator for fixing screwups? haha

BGBC, by 3/3/1 I was referring to 3 weeks primary, 3 weeks secondary and one week in the bottle, which was one of the recommendations that I saw. terrapinj, I will check my FG this weekend and will try LME if my ABV is < 4%. When adding boiled LME I assume I need to stir it into the carboy...

So, I tried a 5.5gallon Ruination clone for my first AG batch (overly ambitious, yes? ;) ) Well, I made silly rookie mistakes on my batch sparge (sparge water not hot enough, too much water added to mash to correct temps, etc) and ended up with an OG of 1.048 instead of the planned 1.077...

LOL! Nope! I'll chill it this weekend then pop-a-top and post up with pix...

Hello, all. First post here. Getting back into homebrewing and while rummaging through my storage unit I just found 12 1-liter swing top bottles full of homebrew leftover from my last homebrewing 'kick'. These beers have been in a non-climate-controlled garage and storage unit for at...