Recent content by emgarsh

Thanks...just being a nervous noob I guess :/ Gravity was where I expected it so I racked it to secondary as is.

Thanks...I'm used to the krausen dropping after this long in the primary which is what alarmed me. The smell and taste of my sample seems normal

This is my first AG batch. Porter that has been in primary for 7 days. Is this an infection? Is there any other way to tell aside from appearance?

I saw airlock activity this AM so I'm thinking fermentation has started. I know that's not the greatest way to gauge it but I ferment in opaque buckets so it's all I have unless I want to constantly open it up. I measure my pre boil volume with my brew kettle which has gallons markers on the...

Thanks for the responses! I had checked the hydrometer previously(not before this brew) in tap water and it came out to about 1.002, so I've just been adjusting measurements to compensate. Will the hydrometer being off by such a small amount in water affect higher gravities more? For instance...

Greetings! Although this is my first post, I have been using the forum for educational purposes for a few months. I've learned a lot here and HBT is certainly my go to source for brewing questions. Anyways, for my last two brews I have been experimenting with smaller extract batches (2.5 -...