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Hi everyone, A while ago (at this point) I cooked up a batch of Imperial Stout that started at about 1.085ish and was supposed to end up around 1.02. The problem is that after the first few weeks it was stuck at 1.032 or so. I read somewhere that sometimes using the standard 5 gal yeast tubes...

First of all, this forum is amazing. I didn't expect this many responses so quickly, and everyone has been cool. So, yeah, I should have mentioned that I did the chalk iodine test where you take a chunk of chalk and a drop of wort and a drop of iodine. Still, it sounds like the iodine test...

Hi everyone, So, I wouldn't say I'm an advanced home brew guy, but I've successfully done several 5 gallon extract batches that were very successful. I don't have a lot of the expensive equipment, but I'm still pretty new to all of this. Recently, I've been trying out small one gallon all...

THANKS everyone for the help!!! :mug:

So I guess from this point, once the batch is done fermenting I should just put another batch of corn sugar in and bottle right? The only thing I'm worried about now is that I already put some corn sugar in before. If I put another batch of it in now, is there a chance of over carbonation if...

Ok, so I'm definitely new to homebrewing, so please be kind :) So, I had done several all grain batches and I do pretty well with this, but someone gave me a 5 gallon kit using extract and I ran into a few issues. The cooking, etc. went well and my OG (1.054) was on target so I was happy with...

I'm on the newer side, so I'm not familiar with the "brew in the bag" method.

I'm not sure why a 2 gallon cooler tun would scale up to a 10 gallon easily. Could you please explain? I'm going all grain here BTW.

Hi everyone, Sorry if someone's already posted this question (I tried to search to make sure), but I'm thinking of following this article in creating a cooler mash tun. What I've mostly been doing is brewing 1 gallon batches to make up recipes, then I'll do a 5 gallon batch once I'm happy with...

Also I read somewhere about adding sugar to the batch to raise the OG. I this a good idea?

Hi everyone, I just got finished cooking a one gallon batch of pale ale that should have had an OG of around 1.51 but I ended up with a reading of around 1.030. So why could this be and how can I prevent this in the future? I did my mashing in a pot on the stove and the temp got pretty high...

Also, my "loss to trub/chiller" was set to .75 gallons. This is simply loss from transferring from my kettle to the carboy right? If so, I hope I'm not losing 3/4 a gallon during this process or else there might be a terrible mess in my kitchen!

Ha, yeah that was pre-scaled, don't worry. Okay I see. So I guess beer smith is probably calculating everything in order to try to get me a full gallon at the end of the entire process. Since all I have is a one gallon carboy, however, I need to adjust things so my pre-fermentation volume is...

Hi everyone, I'm brand new to the forum and fairly new to brewing. I primarily brew all grain and have been mostly keeping to 1 gallon batches until I get the hang of it. I've been using beersmith to keep track of my batches and also to convert larger batches down to 1 gallon. The thing...