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So I just did the math on the pumpkin ale batch I racked to secondary this afternoon. The recipe was a Scotch Ale at 1.076 OG, with the addition of pumpkin and some spices. I used a starter mixed up the day before. The SG today was 1.012. That comes out to about 8.4% ABV, after pitching on...

Hey folks, some insight requested. I have a batch of pumpkin ale based on a Scotch Ale recipe going. I put it in to ferment on November 1. When I did so, the drilled stopper ended up deep in the neck of the carboy. When I needed to remove it to put on a blowoff tube, I used a small toggle...

Hi folks- strange topic, I know- my mother, bless her heart, knows how much I've been enjoying homebrewing. She was at a second hand store today and found an old carboy for $12.99 and grabbed it for me. She just brought it by and dropped it off. It looks to be hand-blown- there are bubbles...

So I've got my first two beers in the fermenters. First was an IPA, stock recipe, nothing special- started it on 10/30. Second is a pumpkin ale that I started on 11/2because the kids' jack o' lanterns were available and no longer needed after Halloween. I took SG readings on both tonight...

And wow, it's going to TOWN in there. I moved my carboy into an eight-gallon pot and then moved the pot into my bathroom downstairs. The airlock has not clogged or anything; it's still bubbling away but the krauesen head is definitely taking up all the headroom. And this is a 6.5 gallon carboy...

Hi folks, I just put a pumpkin ale into the carboy, and I have two minor questions. The first is that while I was putting the fermentation lock in, the rubber cork slipped too far into the mouth of the carboy. I can't get it back out. I've got the lock in and I'm just going to leave it while...

So, I decided to go for broke. I have my first batch in the fermenter, smells great and looking good so far. I picked up the ingredients for a nice Scotch Ale (a prebuilt kit) and rendered the kids' jack o' lanterns for their tasty flesh. Must have gotten 7 or 8 pounds of pumpkin flesh, and...

One batch in the fermenter, working on a pumpkin ale and was making a starter. I pulled the thermometer from the wort, put it down in the bottom of the sink and boom, it cracked and dumped the little black pellets and shards of glass everywhere. I guess that's my first equipment casualty. At...

Hey folks- searching produced a lot of topics on WHY you should take SG samples, but not much on HOW. In another week or so I'll want to start taking some SG readings from my batch of IPA in the primary bucket before potentially racking it to a carboy (I might just leave it and use the carboy...

Hi folks, found this site while researching specific gravity ranges after getting my first batch into the fermenter. It's sitting behind me now. It's an IPA, and I used artesian well water from a local well for it. I figure if it was good enough for the local brewery for a century, it's good...