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    First IPA - 2 Hearted Clone from NB - adding Citra?

    Love Citra hops. Love love love. The recipe is: 1 lb Caramel 40L (steeped) 9.15 lb Gold LME 1 oz Centennial @ 60m 1 oz Centennial @ 20m 2 oz Centennial @ 5m 1 oz Centennial @ dry hop Safale US-05 I want to add an oz or two of Citra - would it be good to put them at 15 and 10? 10...
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    First Brew - too little beer, too high FG!

    I did top up to 5 gallons, yeah.
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    First Brew - too little beer, too high FG!

    recipe: SPECIALTY GRAIN [steeped] -- 0.5 lbs English Chocolate Malt -- 0.5 lbs Dingemans Debittered Black FERMENTABLES -- 6 lbs Amber malt syrup, use half as late addition (15 min) -- 1 lbs Lactose HOPS & FLAVORINGS -- 1 oz Willamette (60 min) YEAST -- Dry Nottingham. OG: 1.054...
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    Sweet Stout is stuck at 1.032

    wouldn't the 1lb of lactose raise the OG too by an equal amount?
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    Sweet Stout is stuck at 1.032

    what did you end at? this is about 3% ABV according to the calculator. :-/
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    Sweet Stout is stuck at 1.032

    SPECIALTY GRAIN [steeped] -- 0.5 lbs Chocolate Malt -- 0.5 lbs Carafa II FERMENTABLES -- 6 lbs Briess Amber LME, use half as late addition (15 min) -- 1 lbs Lactose HOPS & FLAVORINGS -- 1 oz Willamette Pellets YEAST -- 1 Packet Dry Nottingham OG was 1.054. It's been 9 days, and it's...
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    Gravity too high after 1 week in primary? (First brew)

    i cranked my heat up and wrapped it in two blankets and it's STILL 65. ugh.
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    Gravity too high after 1 week in primary? (First brew)

    SPECIALTY GRAIN [steeped] -- 0.5 lbs English Chocolate Malt -- 0.5 lbs Dingemans Debittered Black FERMENTABLES -- 6 lbs Amber malt syrup, use half as late addition (15 min) -- 1 lbs Lactose HOPS & FLAVORINGS -- 1 oz Willamette (60 min) YEAST -- Dry Nottingham
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    Gravity too high after 1 week in primary? (First brew)

    my brew was 6 lbs of amber LME.
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    Gravity too high after 1 week in primary? (First brew)

    my heat is always pretty low (61-63). i'll move it close to the heater and turn it up a bunch i suppose.
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    Gravity too high after 1 week in primary? (First brew)

    i'd be less worried if it was down at 1.02.. as it stands now i don't think i have 3.2 beer!
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    Gravity too high after 1 week in primary? (First brew)

    i'd say it'd be about 6 days and 5 hours reading-to-reading.
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    Gravity too high after 1 week in primary? (First brew)

    My OG was 1.054. The stick-on thermometer was in the high 60s throughout the first few days, with bubbling through the airlock. There's some inches of where krausen probably were on the side. The thermometer is 64/66 now. Bubbling has ceased. Gravity is at 1.032 now. Seems a bit high... should I...
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    Help build my final shopping list for first brew // first brew Qs!

    Long time beer dork that's coming into the addiction for the first time. I've got the "How to Brew" 2d ed. book that I've read through. I have the "Deluxe" kit here: http://www.brewersbestkits.com/pdf/Brewer's%20Best%20Equipment%20Kit%20111208%20TEMP.pdf, and also a 5 gallon brew pot and...
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    Which Brewing Kit?

    My girlfriend's buying me a brewing kit as a holiday gift, and I've found these two: https://bellsbeer.com/store/products/Deluxe-Brewer%27s-Best%C2%AE-Beer-Brewing-Equipment-Kit-w%7B47%7D-Glass-Carboy.html (for sale locally for 97.99) Learn To Brew: Carboy Homebrew Kit with 6 Gallon Carboy...
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