Recent content by dstrouse

Yeah I'm not sure what I've got wrong in there, but I checked out the brewersfriend recipe builder and I think I'll use that for my next batch. It's good to know that the problem isn't with my brewing process, I guess. I appreciate you taking the time to help me out and responding to my question.

It was entered as an extract brew, and the grains were set to steep, but it was increasing the OG with the each grain I added. But I wasn't aware that I needed the 2 row to get sugars out of the grain, does that apply to the body characteristics from the grains as well? Sounds like I will have...

Oh sorry I meant to put that in there too, I am not adding water, I do a full wort boil.

I have been coming in under my target OG consistently, and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. In my most recent brew session, I used Brewtoad, and based on the ingredients, and usage times I put in, it estimated that my OG should be 1.085, but I came out with only 1.064. Fermentables were...