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I am using a refractometer and i just recently calibrated it with distilled water. The beer i brewed was from a kit. I was using the dry yeast US05. I dont have anyway to control my temperature. I have it in my closet with the door open so the house A/C is what I am using for temperature...

Refractometer

Brewed a brown ale about 2 weeks ago. SG ready was 1.051 and final was suppose to be around 1.013. After a week of fermenting I took readings and my reading was at 1.023. Couple days later I took another reading and it was still 1.023 so I pitched some more yeast. After another week I took...

I am currently using the Kegco TC-321 temperature controller and so far it has done its job. The only problem is that when I have a power outage, which always seems to happen when I am not home, the unit resets to a much warmer factory setting once power is restored. I then come home to beer...

Hope this helps. Still see bubbles coming from the bottom. I have had to put the foil back on a couple of times. Plan is to brew tomorrow Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

So a couple of weeks back I made a yeast starter but realized afterwards that I didn't use enough DME for the amount of water I used. I placed the starter in the fridge to let the yeast settle back down so I could use it in another starter. Today I made a new starter and added it to my flask...