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  1. HughGee

    First all-grain batch. No carbonation.

    Is there any way we can salvage the batch if we didn't use enough DME? It would be annoying but we could boil a little more DME and add a squirt to each bottle then recap. I'm not sure how we could salvage the party pig, though other than switching to a corny keg. It's weird because when I...
  2. HughGee

    First all-grain batch. No carbonation.

    Hmmm, ok. I'll try checking the caps and moving the bottles to a warmer place for a while. We usually don't use DME for priming so I guess I just wasn't used to the amount of time involved. I don't mind waiting but I guess I somehow thought it only took a week or so for bubbles to appear...
  3. HughGee

    First all-grain batch. No carbonation.

    Oh, one more thing. The batch spent about 10 days in the primary fermenter, 10 days in the secondary and 10 days in the bottles.
  4. HughGee

    First all-grain batch. No carbonation.

    Hi there. Well the batch was 5 gallons but I think it may have been more like 4.5 that made it into the bottles/pig. We used a mixture of 22 oz and 12 oz bottles and just generic caps that were lying around. For priming we boiled about 5 oz. (seemed to be 1 - 1.5 cups) of DME in a cup of...
  5. HughGee

    First all-grain batch. No carbonation.

    Hi all. This is my first post here. My father and I have been making batches of our own homebrew for several years now and we finally decided to make the leap from extract to all-grain. I made the investment in some initial equipment and we soon had our first all-grain batch underway: an...
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