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Thanks BigB. The description of your wheat beer (putrid puke) sounds like the colour of our brew :)

So a buddy and I made our first all-grain brew yesterday. We did a 1/2 batch (~ 10L / 2.5G) using 2.5lbs of 2-row, 2.5lbs of pale malt and 0.5lb of oat flakes. Our mash temperature got a bit high on us. It was probably ~160F for quite a while (30+ minutes). I'm a bit worried about this. It's...

The hydrometer is calibrated for 68F. It reads 1.000 in water. The beer was ~room temp but we didn't check the actual temperature. But it shouldn't be too far off of 68F. Not far enough to make a difference that large. As for the yeast, I think it was Safale S-04. But not 100% certain.

Okay - so we took a hydrometer reading and the gravity of our beer is 1.005 (after 2 weeks in primary). From the FestaBrew website for the Pale Ale (http://www.magnotta.com/FestaBrew/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=218): OG: 1.0500 – 1.0508, FG: 1.0124 – 1.0132 We tasted the beer and...

Okay - that makes sense :) Hopefully the beer will be read and we'll give it a go this weekend. Thanks for the help! Cheers

A friend and I know someone in this group in Ottawa: http://www.bodensatz.com/index.php We joined up and were lucky that they were doing a Festa order shortly thereafter.

Hmmm - I'm still unsure about this. When I open the keg (after bleeding off the CO2) won't this negate any effect of initially filling it with CO2? I.e. won't it simply fill with O2 as soon as I open it for racking? Or am I just completely confused about this?

Thanks for the responses. I figured I'd be told to get a hydrometer :) We've got a hydrometer but we don't have a beer thief. Though, I suppose we could simply use a racking cane and siphon it. Or, go buy a beer thief :) Regarding filling the keg 1/2 full. Thanks for the advice! If I understand...

I'm new to brewing and have a Festa Pale Ale in the primary fermenter (using a carboy as primary and not planning to move to a secondary). It's been in the primary for almost 2 weeks and I'm still seeing bubbling every ~40 seconds. After this amount of time is it normal to be this active still...