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This is my 5th ag batch, but for some reason i'm still getting lower OG's than what beersmith is telling me. For example, i had a mash of 18lbs today, and it should have an OG of 1.079 @ 60% efficiency. However i ended up with an OG reading of 1.065 (right before adding the yeast). When i...

I was given a vile of White Labs Kolsch yeast (WLP029) from my homebrew store in late August because it was getting close to its "best if used by" date they said. I was planning on doing an Altbeir with it but never got to it so I thought i had thrown it out after the date, but i was cleaning...

Well i really wanted to brew a honey blonde ale, but maybe i was a bit to ambitious and didn't do math right on the grain bill, but ended up with something closer to a Pale ale. I didn't let the grains soak enough so i didn't get the right amount of starch conversion, so my O.G. was alot lower...

Hey yall, i brewed my first recipe i made using beersmith two days ago. It is a partial mash, but i'm trying to use mostly grains in it! On beersmith it said it should be about 1.054, but i ended up with a starting gravity of 1.032. here is a run down of the recipe: Grain Bill: 3# Light pale...