Recent content by Cinnadon

Thank you all so much for the help!!

Took a hydrometer reading and it is currently sitting at 1.020. Right in line with the specified FG on the recipe. My initial reading I had written down as 1.08. I was drinking during the brew, but I'm pretty sure I was correct in my measurement. So I guess this is just me overthinking it, I'll...

Hello ! Thank you for your answer. There is about an inch of scum on the side of the bucket, so maybe i just missed all of the fermentation. I left it alone as best I could. I will take a hydrometer reading in an hour and report back! Thank you! And also, I did not rehydrate the yeast...

Hey all! Running into a weird situation. I'm currently brewing a Belgian Tripel, from Brewers Best. Ran into no issues while brewing, cooled wort to 75 degrees and pitched yeast. Currently in a 6.5 gallon plastic bucket with an airlock. Waited a week and saw no noticeable fermentation...

Thank you all so much for your replies! Island Lizard, I currently have around 4 or 5 inches of headspace remaining, so I will definitely be careful when adding the remaining hops. I will take all of your advice and wait a couple more days to dry hop, I'll be monitoring fermentation and try to...

Thank you for the warm welcome and advice! I greatly appreciate it! Do you think it would be best to wait 24 hours and add the remainder of the hops and call it a day for a couple weeks? Thank you again!

Hello everyone! Thank you in advance for any help! New user here, and I apologize if I'm asking something incredibly stupid. So I'm on my third brew currently, and this time because of my own ignorance, I decided to do my first fermentation in a 5 gallon glass carboy. I'm currently on day 6...