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The pre-boil reading was after first runnings and sparging was completed and mixed. My first runnings out of the mash was 1.078

I need some help diagnosing a strange gravity measurement. My pre-boil gravity reading today was 1.052 for 7 gallons. My post boil, right-before-pitching-yeast gravity was 1.050 for 5.5 gallons. I know This can't possibly be right because gravity readings should go up as you boil off water...

I've found that it is difficult to unbiasedly judge my beers. It's also tough to get real feedback from people you know. If I really want good feedback, I'll buy 4 or 5 commercial beers of the same style and do a blind taste test with friends and family. I have everyone take notes about what...

Hey jfolks, thanks for the detailed answer. I have a question for you though. You say your slurry % is typically only 10%. So your calculations show that you only have .24 billion cells/ml. Mr. Malty's calc doesn't even have an option of anything less than 1 billion cells/ml. Are you sure...

So lets say I decided to make a starter. Would I use less than the 126 ml of slurry? Doesn't the starter make more yeast?

I've been reading washed yeast/starter threads for awhile and it seems that people in general recommend making a starter with washed yeast even if you have enough viable yeast to begin with. The reason I'm curious is that I don't brew that often and have no need for a bunch of mason jars of...

So I brewed a slight variation of this (Glacier and Tettnang instead of Sorachi and Palisade) and I think it turned out excellent. Definitely a great citrus taste and smell. Perfect amount of bitterness too. I would actually consider it one of the best beers I've brewed in my rather limited...

Hey Nagorg, How'd this batch end up tasting for you? I'm drinking one right now and am pretty happy with it. Mine finished at 1.008 so fairly close to yours.

It's 4 1/2 weeks old and I probably won't brew for at least another week or two.

I washed yeast for the first time on my last batch and I'd like to try and use it for my next one. I've read that people usually split the washed yeast into several mason jars. Then they'll make a starter with one of the mason jars. However, I just have it all in one growler. If I used the...

I just wanted to give an update that I went to a different HBS this time for my grains and got nearly 100% mash conversion with a total brewhouse efficiency right at 70%! I was getting around 50%. So I guess it was just in the milling of the grains. These grains had WAY more powder in them...

This recipe looks awesome so I think I'm going to brew it this weekend. However, my LHBS is sold out of Sorachi Ace. Does this hop make the beer or do you think there is a reasonable subsitute?

My mucus krausen is going away. It only warmed up 2 degrees to 64 so I'm not sure if it was the slightly warmer temp or it just needed a couple days. How's yours looking?

I don't even have a hole in my krausen. It's thick all the way through. I moved it into my furnace room so that it will hopefully heat up a bit. It's been at 62 the whole fermentation. I haven't taken samples to see if ferm is done but I figure it can't hurt.

I just pitched smack pack but I do that pretty regularly and haven't had this before.

I have the same thing going on right now with 1272. It looks almost like mucus and hasn't dropped at all in almost two weeks. This is my first time using this yeast but I've never had anything like this happen before.

Let me clarify. The ph was tested when I got my water report back from the lab. I use that number as the basis for my additions. I have never personally checked it with ph strips after additions to see if it matches bru n water.

eric19312 and billl, both of you guys mentioned adjusting/testing ph. My water is extremely hard and extremely alkaline. I mix 50/50 with my water and distilled and also add phosphoric acid and gypsum to get to whatever profile my beer calls for. Bru'n water tells me what my adjusted ph...

Thanks for all the replies. I appreciate you guys trying to help me out. eric19312, what do you mean by happening in thesaurus? Billl, my first thought was the crush too but after talking to a couple different employees that use the same LHBS crush and get good efficiency, I wasn't...

I think I might go to a manifold soon, even if it's just to have a more sturdy setup compared to the braid that's getting damaged when I stir. I understand that a manifold should help with my lautering efficiency. However I think my issue right now is strictly mash efficiency. In addition to...