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First all-grain batch. No carbonation.
Is there any way we can salvage the batch if we didn't use enough DME? It would be annoying but we could boil a little more DME and add a squirt to each bottle then recap. I'm not sure how we could salvage the party pig, though other than switching to a corny keg. It's weird because when I...- HughGee
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First all-grain batch. No carbonation.
Hmmm, ok. I'll try checking the caps and moving the bottles to a warmer place for a while. We usually don't use DME for priming so I guess I just wasn't used to the amount of time involved. I don't mind waiting but I guess I somehow thought it only took a week or so for bubbles to appear...- HughGee
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First all-grain batch. No carbonation.
Oh, one more thing. The batch spent about 10 days in the primary fermenter, 10 days in the secondary and 10 days in the bottles.- HughGee
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First all-grain batch. No carbonation.
Hi there. Well the batch was 5 gallons but I think it may have been more like 4.5 that made it into the bottles/pig. We used a mixture of 22 oz and 12 oz bottles and just generic caps that were lying around. For priming we boiled about 5 oz. (seemed to be 1 - 1.5 cups) of DME in a cup of...- HughGee
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First all-grain batch. No carbonation.
Hi all. This is my first post here. My father and I have been making batches of our own homebrew for several years now and we finally decided to make the leap from extract to all-grain. I made the investment in some initial equipment and we soon had our first all-grain batch underway: an...- HughGee
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