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Brewed a Centennial Blonde Ale last night.. I was shooting for and OG of 1.040. Hit it on the mark, was very excited.. did exactly what the recipe called for. However.. I was short on wort volume.. and only about 4 gallons ended up in the fermenter. Is this and error on the brewing process...

Thanks for the responses.. I changed the grain bill and went with this.. 9lb belgian pale malt 2lb victory malt 1lb Belgian CaraPilsner malt 1lb Caramel 40 .5lb belgian special B and .5lb of aromatic malt Wont be utilizing the candi sugar. For beer style this grain bill with the...

Making my 2nd All grain batch and decided on a Duval Clone originally, however after having a duval tonight at dinner. I am less inclined to brew a 5 gallon batch as the dry wine like finish is not for my taste. I'm sure this is from the 2 lbs of candi sugar which is added to secondary...

Thanks guys.. I think the most valuable lesson i've learned in brewing, is it takes a lot of brewing to learn these lessons :)

Hey guys this is my fourth beer i've made and I decided to design my own recipe. I took a gravity reading after I cooled my wort down to 70 degrees and got a reading of about 1.090. Now my question is does that gravity reading change since I added roughly 2 gallons of water to my fermenter...

Well I feel relieved! I thought I did irreversible damage, for my first time brewing experience Im happy that this was my only mistake (so far)! Thanks guys for the replies!

Hey guys, first time brewer with a big time problem! I decided to make a summer Witbier for my first brew and everything went very smoothly.. Up until today when I accidentally added 3/4cup corn sugar into secondary. I take it that was a mistake and the corn sugar should have been used for...