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USA; control water pump to cycle my fermentation water baths through fridge to manage fermentation temps, would allow me to larger as well.

What temperature was the liquid when you took your gravity readings? Also, it sounds like you took them before you boiled? If the liquid is hot then that will actually tell you a lower SG reading then what you actually have. Also, if you haven’t boiled or are boiling when you take a sample for...

I found with my system the biggest things that effected my mash efficiency were grain crush and water to grist ratio. I go pretty fine with my grain crush and no less than 1.5 qts/lb. Other information that would help us is knowing how you sparge. Do you fly sparge, batch sparge, no sparge...

Looks pretty good. I didn't see any dry hops in your recipe, which are by no means required, but typical of an IPA (even if your recipe leans more towards Amber). When building your IPA malt bills, go with what you like. Some people really like a super simple clean malt bill, others like to...

All very good points here. There are 10,000 ways to dry hop and 12,000 reasons for those ways and all make good beer. The biggest thing I would recommend is take lots of notes. Record everything you do to your beer and then take tasting notes. Next time try something different (or don't) and...

Hey everyone! I have stalked on here for a few things and thought I would finally contribute. I have been brewing consistently for almost 3 years now, though I initially started with a few extract batches about 8 years ago. I brew mostly all grain 5 gallon batches, though I can brew up to 10...

You can certainly wait to dry hop after 2 weeks, but I typically will dry hop around day 8 or 9 or so. You can also take a gravity sample and if you are at your final gravity then go ahead and hop. I wouldn't leave the hops in the fermenter for more than a week though as you could start...