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Just what seems like a random thing, but I bottled a Munich Dunkel last night that had a FG reading in the mid-upper 1.020s. Beersmith was predicting around 1.017. I took the gravity reading with my hydrometer in both the wine thief and my usual plastic sample tube. I had just bottled a...

Hello all, Most of you reading this already brew proficiently, but if you know someone who's on the fence about entering the homebrewing hobby and who's interested in seeing and trying out the brewing/bottling process before diving in, I'm offering a 4 hour workshop this Saturday, October 27...

I was brewing a brown ale and decided to rack a gallon of it onto some de-oiled natural peanut butter (mixed 7 oz. peanut butter with 1 cup of boiling water to pasteurize and make it pourable). The krausen on the base beer started falling after about 3 days (@68F). I let it go a total of...

When I'm using beer calculus or another program to design recipes, how do I set the batch volume? Is it the volume of the batch at start of fermentation or is it the anticipated volume you plan to bottle or keg? For instance, if I start with 5.5 gallons in the fermenter, I will usually end up...

I did a partial mash last night and the intended temperature was 149F. I mash in a 2 gallon cooler and generally don't mess with it after I've put in the water and mixed the grain in well. Anyway, I started the mash with water at about 150F, which was good, but 45 minutes later, when I was...

Hey guys, first post, but I've been reading for a few months now. I want to do a nut brown that has lots of nut taste and I have heard a lot about using Victory to accomplish this. Using Victory would also be an excuse to brew my first partial mash. Here's what I was thinking: 1 lb...