Recent content by Jaystrat

In Punta Mita, Mexico and found a couple of pretty good IPA’s.

I have a hydrometer and a refractometer. I typically don't use the refractometer once I ferment as I thought the refractometer did not give accurate readings once alcohol had been introduced. It's possible I had some gas in Saturdays reading as there was a small head in my tube but I would agree...

I am a bit concerned because Saturday I took a gravity reading that was at 1.032, trending good. I took one yesterday and it was 1.050. Either I was wrong with Saturday's reading or something is amiss? Not sure.

American Ale Yeast US-05.

Used fermentis Safale dry yeast. Did not re-hydrate. OG was 1.102 as recipe called for, reading yesterday was was 1.032. Recipe calls for 1.022. I have brewed mostly ipas and typically do a starter. This is first time I used dry yeast in 2 years, probably should have re-hydrated. Thanks for your...

I brewed my first stout last weekend with some new equipment, that was a challenge, and fermentation started ok but krausen never grew past about 1/2” high in my fermentor. After 3 days krausen disappeared so I decided to pitch more dry yeast(did not hydrate). It created more activity but still...