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Last quick update and then I think I'm done. My hydrometer is off. I set it in filtered water and it sinks about (what i can figure) .006 farther than 1.000. I had gotten water in it (there's a hole on the top of it) when I was sanitizing it. Maybe this threw it off? So if this is the case, that...

Great, thanks for the advice. :mug:

Thanks again. Just as an update, I put the batch into 2 one gallon (actually 4 liter) jugs. They were quick rise and falls. No krausen and little bubbling when I went to bed and when I woke up the krausen had already fallen. But I kind of expected this. Strangely enough, only one of the airlocks...

Thanks for the quick response. I really just need a new thermometer. Right now I'm using a candy thermometer. Also, I really have struggled to keep the temp where I want it in the mash. My first batch was way too high and since then, in my other two, when I found a fairly constant temp that was...

I'll start by saying that I took the OG without having to add water. My hydrometer reads at 70 and I took the temp at 65. Now onto the recipe, etc. It is my 3rd batch and I tried Orfy's Mild Mannered Ale, altering it for a 2 gallon batch. It calls for the following grain bill (parenthesis...

Great, thanks for the quick response.

I'm a noobie to homebrewing. This will be only my 3rd batch and I'm starting by doing just 1 gallon batches. I was wondering how long you bottle conditioned and at what temp? Also, has anybody bulk stored this recipe at cold temps for a while? Like a lagering. I've read on other Rochefort 10...