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Thanks for the input. I did leave a good amount of headspace, apparently not enough though. When I got home yesterday, the blowoff container was again half full and fermenting, so I threw an airlock on it, and set it aside, why not. The main fermenter looks calm, but only a little more than half...

What is fermcap?

I brewed a one gallon batch of barley wine (og: 1.136!) and at about 16 hours there is a fatty layer of trub and about a quart (1/4 of my total volume) of blowoff in the blowoff container. I split up the excess, stashed some in the fridge and dumped the rest. Now, overnight the blowoff container...

Come to think of it, I did top off the secondary with a few ounces of water. That would explain the low FG.

Thanks, cravej I've been using about 1.5 teaspoon of turbinado sugar per bottle, which seems to be working fine. The math comes out right. I'm one of those mathing types, so unless I space on something... Well, it should be good. Thanks for the info. I'll post a review in a few weeks.

Checked SG last night. Came up with 1.008. My target range was 1.012-1.017. I'll bottle asap. Question, is it a bad thing that my FG is lower than my target? The OG was on target.

Good to know, thanks for the info. Shall I assume the normal priming rate of 3/4 cup sugar per gallon?

I recently indulged in some of New Belgium's Hoptober golden ale. In reading its contents, I decided to brew somewhat of a Hoptober clone. My recipe included two-row pale malt, wheat extract, and flaked oats, as well as enough hops to give it a nice aroma and minor bitterness. It's two weeks...

Haha those are some simple solutions! I like it. This brew is kinda my baby, and I'm still a green brewer. I'm not exactly stressing, just gathering information for curiosity sake. I'm a disciple of Papazian's word of relaxing and having a homebrew. I'm also quite wordy haha

Alrighty! Thanks for the responses. I've considered purchasing a refractometer for the purpose of utilizing only a small amount of brew. How cheap is too cheap for a decent apparatus? Iodophor is already my best friend, right next to my swap meet stock pot. Also if the yeast is still...

Howdy, First post, so bear with me. Okay, so. I brewed a one gallon all-grain, high gravity stout a month ago. OG measured 1.065. Primary ferment was typical, and slowed to about a bubble per 60+ seconds out the airlock at two weeks. I racked to a secondary with whisky soaked oak chips...