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I recently purchased a refractometer and have been anxious to test it out. I brewed up a batch of beer recently and used both my hydrometer and refractometer to take a reading. I have gone through calibration of the refractometer with distilled water but my gravity readings are significantly...

I was making a batch of starter to sterilize in my pressure cooker and can for use later. I had extra starter left over and intended to just dump it later but I got busy then started brewing etc etc. Later that evening I went to finish my cleanup and I saw that some kind of fermentation was...

I'm attempting my first mead this weekend and I was building a starter last night using the Wyeast 4783 Rudsheimer yeast with a standard 1000mL starter. I haven't used this yeast before nor have I ever made wine so I am unfamiliar with the yeast characteristics. I use a stir plate for my...