Recent content by gr090401

man, i think i f'ed up everything so im just going to redo the brew again.

yea just racked it

So here's what I got: ice water: 40-42 boiling water:210-212

Its that round crappy one that you get with the beginners brewers kits

boiling water now

Its 10 degrees off I think because its marking 42*

damn it....I think my thermometer is off. Its been sitting in the ice water with a few ice in there (I even swirled it) and the temp is dead on 40 =( There goes another batch! lol I just finished brewing another batch with that thermometer.

Im doing that right now

The other things kind of throwing me off is that I'm doing BIAB method and when I plug in the numbers for my efficiency I'm getting some crazy 90%+ numbers...Im just starting I reeeeeally doubt I'm pulling off such great numbers.

All this just kind of hit me after I racked the brew into secondary and I was going over the numbers. I was kind worried my hydrometer was off so I kind checked it with pure water and its fine. Then I checked my thermometer and I cant say its 100% but once it touches 210 and starts to edge over...

So would it more optimal to stay between 150-155 to get better attenuation? And now that you mention it, it was a little sweet...it tasted like something similar to new castle but without the bitter at the end.

No I didn't do a starter it was white labs vile I thought those you can just toss in? And about the mash temp, was it too high?

44% for this yeast common? All i've read is that this yeast strain is a BEAST, according to http://www.brewersfriend.com/abv-calculator/ it says I got 3.81% ABV and 44% attenuation. I expected to come out closer to five but man 3% is low. Here is my notes on my Nut Brown Ale: - 9lbs of grains...

By any chance anyone have the recipe? Or tried to brew it?

Yea I used WL380 but with time won't the sulfur dissipate?