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Thanks for the help Yooper. I racked to secondary today and went and added a pound of sugar anyways. Even if I am off I think id rather have a strong stout than a light one. I guess Ill find out in about a month. Next time Ill know a bit more and use a base grain in my ingredients. Cheers, Rick

Well after a week of sitting in the primary I took a reading. FG turned out to 1.026. The airlock stopped bubbling after 3 days. Tasted it and it tasted good but I couldnt taste any alcohol. Anyone every had bum dme before? Im thinking of racking to second and just adding a kg of sugar. Or I...

Thanks Chshrecat. Ill need to get some base malts for my next brew. So does that mean this brew is fubar? Would the grains that I used still give me the flavor Im looking for? And should I go ahead and still add the amber dme? Not sure If I should keep going with this or just toss it and try again.

For whatever its worth heres a few shots of the wort fermenting. It does look like chocolaty goodness either way.

Never thought of that. I did siphon from the top of the fermenter. I think Ill take another reading now from the middle and see where its at. New reading is 1.034. Im wondering if that might just be from the co2 the yeast is producing as Im taking the reading.

Maybe I did measure it wrong, its the first time Ive done this. Temp of wort at reading was around 73F. Used this hydrometer with the tube it came with. Took the measurement on the sp. gr side and it sat at one notch above the 30 mark. I checked it with just plain water and it sat on the...

Original posted this in the recipe thread https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f68/double-chocolate-oatmeal-snout-126638/ But I think I might get a faster response if I posted this here. Hi everyone. Im a new brewer and wanted to try out my first partial with this recipe. I think I might of done...

Hi everyone. Im a new brewer and wanted to try out my first partial with this recipe. I think I might of done something wrong because my OG was only 1.029. I thought I was doing everything okay because beersmith was giving me a OG of 1.055 when I punched in all the ingredients. Heres what I...