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Second all grain batch had an OG of 1.054. Bbwesmith called for 1.1 packages of SAF 05. I pitched a single packet last Friday. Friday night I had slow bubbling taking place. The blow off hit it's peak on Sunday. Activity slowed quickly after Tuesday and by Wednesday I wasn't seeing much...

Hi, I am in mash right now. I am using beersmith. When i added my grains to the strike water and took a temp reading I was at 141. So i drew some of the mash water out of the ball valve and heated it. I ended up at 164 as i heated to great a volume. I then added some cold water to bring...

Hi, I got a new monster mill mm2 and I set the gap to .04. Does the grain look ok, or is it too fine. I am doing batch sparging so I am thinking this is going to be fine, but my wife tells me that I don't know very much. Thanks in advance for any information. -Matt

So a couple Saturdays ago my buddy and I attempted our first all grain brew. We drank a lot of beer while we were brewing and this caused some problems. We hit all our beer smith numbers for a 10 gallon batch of Mosiac Imperial Pale Ale up to pre boil. We did the starch test and found no...

I made a light summer ale using pilsner extract 6 lbs, cascade hops and some coriander. I'm currently at 3.5 abv, after repitching stalled fermentation. The beer tastes like it had potential, but it is watery. More like water with a hint of beer. I topped off at 5 gallons after a full boil...

Im starting to dread my own posts. They are a collection of stupid mistakes. So, i have a batch of a light ale. 6 lbs of pilsner extract with a bunch of cascade pitched with notorious (to me) wyeast 1098. Just a simple drinker for hot summer days. OG was 1.040. I ended up with a FG of...

I am very upset with my 50% success rate. Fermentation temp is the culprit. During primary, the room ambient temp approached the high end of the yeasts fermentation range...I am guessing the beer itself went too high (i've since adjusted the placement of the crystal therm sticker) I have...

I have 2 beers, both in primary undergoing initial fermentation. One is a brown, one is a light pale ale. I' m at a bad place with the weather and temp. My options are 70 degree fermentation or 59 degree fermentation. I have a fermentation chamber, but its not completed. Which is my best...

Hi, So i have a problem. I had some trub in my little L shaped pipe that connects to my ball valve. So i washed it and left it sitting in some star san. Now the Allen screw is dissolved after 4 days. I could barely extract it. Does anyone with more knowledge know the size and thread of...

I used a recipe off beerrecipe.org. It said to add 3.5 quarts of frozen blackberries to fermenter, before pitching to help cool the wort. I did. I then pitched wyeast 3056 at 70. So now when I look at the carboy I have and inch of blackberries floating on top. I feel like I shot my yeast to...

So, my last brew (my third brew) is a dunkelweisen OG 1.086. I under pitched as I learned here. I racked to secondary and gave it a taste after 12 days. The air lock had been producing nice banana smells...but it has slowed to almost no activity. Fermentation has been steady at 65. FG is...

So I have a brown that I just racked from primary to secondary after 2 weeks in primary. I am going to leave it in secondary for a week and bottle next Saturday. If I decided to leave it for an additional week in secondary..the beer will be a month old. Is there a risk that too much yeast...

I just finished my 3rd brew. A dark wheat with an OG of 1.086. I pitched safbrew WB-06 at 65, and fitted my carboy with a 1 inch blow off tube. I have no experience with this yeast. I used 8 lbs of liquid wheat extract and 3 lbs of light malt extract. Seems like I have given the yeast a lot...

I'm using noddy ale yeast at 65. Pitched a week ago, in a brown ale. OG 1.053. Currently it's at 1.015, yesterday it was 1.016. Any ideas on where this yeast will take me? I figure it must be close to being finished.

So, I bottled my APA 2 weeks ago. I added the 4.25 oz of dextrose to a cup of water...added it to the bottling bucket...then I siphoned the 4.6 gallons of flat beer on top of it. I bottled away into a mix of 1 liter and 12 oz bottles. Last week after 1 week I popped a 1 liter bottle. It went...

I have a local kitchen store selling glass "water" 5 gallon carboy for $33. It says do not pressurize. This is designed for use with water on the box. I am wondering if it could be used as a secondary. Anyone have a reason why not? Thanks!

So I am a beginner. I have a brown ale in primary, and I have a pale ale that is bottled. I used 1 liter flip tops. The first beer was amazing. I tried it after only a week in the bottle...perfect! So I pulled out a second bottle that I'd put in the fridge the day before...and it's flat. Did...

Pulled out a bottle of Pale Ale i brewed a few weeks ago that has been carbing with sugar for a week. I fridged it and tested it. It is fully carbed. Should these stay at room temp, or be moved to refrigeration? I can't believe it tastes like beer!

So, I am new to homebrew. I did a 5 gallon full boil on a pieced together Extract New Castle " clone". I sanitized my carboy and left about 1/4 in of Star San in the bottom of the carboy. Brought the wort down to 66 with my chiller. I pitched my Rehydrated Noody Ale Yeast at 65. The foam...

Hi Everyone, I fell in love with an IPA/APA and decided to give homebrew a try. I read before I bought, but not enough. I have limits to how much more I can spent without drawing my gals attention. I have a 15 gallon Blichmann Boilermaker. I have a Blichmann top tier burner. I was going...