Recent content by czeknere

I'm sorry - can you expand on this a bit? Specifically the "measure the SG of the wort in the mash". Exactly how is this done and how is it different than pulling a sample before the boil and testing that? Or does it mean measure your SG separately before and after you sparge?

That's an interesting thought. I did measure pretty hot wort, but did a correction - maybe I was really off in my correction though. I will say - I did hit 13 gal pre-boil and ~9.5 gallons hit the fermenter, but there was plenty of trub. I'll take a closer look at my hydrometer, my FG was 1.008...

I did not.

Prepping to brew this mango oat gose. The recipe calls for Goodbelly Mango Juice to do the kettle souring and I'm having trouble locating it near me in Reading Pennsylvania. I had searched my zip on Goodbelly's store locator and it said that my local Giant carried it, however I was only able to...

- Grain was crushed from the supplier, it looked like it usually did when I brewed normal all grain. - 60 min mash. - No water corrections, used filtered water. I had read about double crushing for BIAB, I should have asked for that!

Took a few years off brewing as other life events got in the way, but I'm now getting back into it all. Previously, I used a cooler mash tun and went full all grain - this time around I wanted to simplify a bit and went BIAB. Grabbed a new 19 gallon kettle and a 15 gal FermZilla. First batch...

A few weeks ago I brewed an Octoberfest. It was an extract plus grains recipe and used Wyeast 2112. I decided at the last minute (the yeast had already been pitched) that I was going to make this my first attempt at a lager since my better bottle fits into my kegerator. Looking back this was...

+1. I froze a keg of ESB a while back and this is exactly what happened to me. I knew there was still beer in the keg, but got nothing when I opened the tap. ...Although now that I think about it, I believe I still got C02...so maybe it's not a frozen keg...

+5 Simcoe IPA = 28,557

+5 Festbier 27,461

I can imagine this beer would be great if the carbonation would be better. As is its still drinkable, once you get past the lack of carb. Interesting idea...I wish I had done my research before opening this one. Maybe I'll go grab another tomorrow. Thanks for the insight!

Was real excited to try this brew out tonight. Pulled it out of the fridge, popped the cap......nothing. No pfft, no psst...just the sound of my prying the cap off. Beer poured with no head, some tiny bubbles and the slightest bit of carbonation...I'm wondering if I got a bad bottle or if...

+ 5 Gal IPA = 11,723

5 Gal. Raspberry Wheat 5 Gal. EKG Blonde 10,464 + 10 = 10,474

Would it be a good idea to prepare some more - making the total equal 1/2 tbls instead of tsp? Or would it be better to just wait it out. Was hoping to keg this batch sometime this week - but there's really no reason why I have to.