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I was doing an extract, 3 gal boil indoors. I was dumping in a 3 lb bag of DME with my left while stirring with my right so I wouldn't get large clumps. The bag slipped and about 2 lbs of extract ended up everywhere. The flame was out, but the stove was still hot so it caramelized on the burner...

You should know what a gallon of this stuff would weigh. The SG of water at room temp is 0.997. In your first post you mentioned hitting a gravity of 1.117. So for that example, 8.3 lbs x 1.117 / 0.997 = 9.3 lbs per gallon. That would be 46.5 lbs for five gallons. That only leaves 3.5 lbs for...

Forgot to say all batches were conditioned for at least three weeks. I still have a few from my first which are about 11 months old now and still not carbonated.

The bottles were the same along with sanitizing techniques and compounds(starsan). 1st and 3rd batches were in colder months where we heat our house to 68 deg F and the 2nd, carbonated batch, was in the summer when we keep our house at 76 deg F. I would expect the two batches to take longer...

I've brewed my first three batches and can't figure out why my 1st and 3rd didn't carbonate. I've read all the forums about sanitation and carbonation and can't figure it out. All three were extract with specialty grains. My procedures and techniques were mostly similar between all three. On my...