Recent content by g-nub

Yeah, you won't be able to do a full boil on the electric and if you cut the heat it will still be warm. Try moving it to a cool burner until the extract is mixed in. As far as primary goes, I bust it out in 4 days (that is with a yeast starter or slurry from my local brewery). 2 weeks...

This might not be it since you did switch to DME, but it sounds like the extract twang. Try a full boil instead of adding your wort to water. Make sure your heat is off when you are mixing in your extract. This doesn't address the fact that your beer worked at your friends house though. Do...

I take a sample from the keg with a hand held tap into the hydrometer tube. It shoots out from the natural carbonation and the I wait for the bubbles to go down. There is still a small amount of carbonation (and meanwhile, things (yeast etc.) are separating in my sample).

I could release the pressure but it will still be slightly carbonated.

I use a closed system and do my secondary in a keg. I used to put an airlock on it, but figured the extra natural carbonation wouldn't hurt. When I take gravity readings the beer is part carbonated. I was wondering if carbonation effects the specific gravity reading (If I had something on tap...