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I'm doing my first partial mash which calls for a beta rest at 140 F for 30 min and an alpha rest at 158 F for 30 min. The beta rest went fine, but when I turned on the heat a bit to do the alpha rest, is seemed to heat up a little slow. I let it sit for a while and checked it again...

Could this potentially harm the beer in any way? My batch is a bit short of five gallons (about 4 1/2), but I gather that if I add some water the gravity will fall to the target specified in the recipe and make it a bit lighter. Thoughts?

Hello, I boiled my second batch, an American Pale Ale, about three weeks ago, left it in the primary fermenter for a week and then racked it to a secondary. The primary was pretty active for about three days and then slowed down. Now, nearly two weeks have passed, yet I can still see...