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Hi all- I brewed a New England style IPA today. I'm trying out a new pressure fermenter for the first time. I'm going to double-dry hop the beer and wanted to avoid introducing oxygen so I used magnets to hold my dry hop additions in hop bags above the level of the fermenting wort. I've...

Hi all- I haven't had much luck finding the answers I need on the forum or online. I'm planning to brew an all grain batch of NEIPA tomorrow (7/17/22). This will require me to dabble in water chemistry for the first time. After hours of online research and tinkering with water calculators--...

Hi all- I am currently trying my hand at an American Lager. I completed my primary fermentation (~48F). Then did a diacetyl a rest (~67F). After tasting the beer, I decided it was ready to lager. I racked the beer off the yeast cake into a sanitized carboy. Now here's my question... Do I...

I am looking for advice on an inexplicably low original gravity. My pre-boil gravity was correct. My boil off rate was correct. So how can my OG be so far off? I've attached my recipe created in Beersmith. Here's the details... I have tried brewing a Bell's Two Hearted Ale clone twice...

Hi everyone- I am new to home brewing. So far I have brewed (5) one-gallon batches. Each time, my OG is in the ball park, but my FG ends up way too high; resulting in a low ABV beer. On my recent brew, I made a Sierra Nevada pale ale clone. Out of the mash, my OG was right on target at 1.054...