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Here goes... I forgot to take OG reading... I have my recipe, and my Specific gravity is currently at 1.016-18.. (its a wheat ale) ... can anyone tell me, with regards to my ingredients, does my gravity reading sound "finished"? ... it has been fermenting now for 3 weeks.... here is the...

I took a specific gravity reading on friday of my brown ale that is in the secondary; the gravity reading read 1.012.. all is well there. I tasted the sample and it was good- smooth, nutty, flavor. Today, Sunday, I checked the SG again... all is well.. but the sample today tasted...

Any thoughts on this one.... its a Wheat Beer, 3 Floyds Clone... 5 Gallon Partial Extract. Ingredients: 1 lb Caravienne Malt (steeped 30 min) 3 lbs Weizen DME 3 lbs Muntons Light DME 2 oz of Amarillos Hops (at various times) 6 grams Muntons Ale Yeast (rehydrated) I took mt OG...

In an attempt to make my first cider I used Pasturized Apple Juice, some brown sugar, honey and Muntons Yeast..... any thoughts on the Pasturized Juice? Will it work? Thanks Shamu

Can anyonen help me with a recipe... I have a beer brewed by Three Floyds, called Gumballhead... it is a Red Wheat beer with Amarillo Hops (dry hopped and with lots of them) anyways, its excellent stuff and I would like to learn how to make something similiar... I'm somewhat new.... three...

I brewed a Brown Ale and put too much brown sugar in the wort... it called for 1/2 pound and I put 1 pound.... I took an Original Gravity ... 1.096 ... Opps! sounds really high..... things seem to be ferementing fine in the primary.... Does this Original Gravity sound crazy? ... too much...

So I bottled my first batch last Friday... I couldn't help but try a little tonight... it is a holiday Spiced Ale; of course it was flat.... not enough time to carbonate. It smelled great and tasted fairly good... somewhat bitter and maybe a hint of "hard alcohol'ish" on the tongue..... after...

I'm ready to bottle and I add only 5oz of Priming suger instead of 6oz, oops... will that make a difference? This was supposed to be for 5 gallons.. but in the end it was like 4.25-4.5... I also had some air get into some of the bottles... when the spigot in the bucket was above the liquid...

My second batch (Pumpkin Ale) I rehydrated my yeast and really aerated my wort.... within 6 hours it was rockin (bubblin')... three days later all is quiet on the western front. I plan to leave it in the primary for another fw days (to total 1 week) then move it to the secondary for a couple...

I just saw some cool Cobalt Blue EZ cap bottles... would these be as good to use as amber colored bottles? I know I've read that Green and Clear are not as good as the Amber....? They don't filter out as much UV. Thanks Shamu

Alright, so I brewed my second beer, a Pumpkin Ale, but I forget to take the OG... D'ogh!The recipe says that OG 1.056,, and Final 1.014. I will probably move it to a secondary after 5 days or so, and then leave it in the seconday for a couple weeks.. then bottle.... Is is safe to watch the...

Hey there ladies and gents... I'm Shamu and I'm new to the brew... well, new to making it that is... I live south of the city of Chicago, I hunt, fish and of course, drink beer. I have already posted a question or two and the response has been awesome... so Kudos to your group and I look...

New Brewer here.... Question, I'm making a Holiday Spiced Ale; Primary Ferm. 5 days, Original Specific 1.060.... Just moved to Secondary Ferm. Final Specific 1.012... Alcohol Level 2.0 % Do these numbers sound correct? Has the fermentation ended? Will the beer gain more alcohol content in...