Recent content by Randy625

Pulled a sample off today. The butterscotch smell is greatly reduced but I can still notice it. Taste is fine. I can't notice a buttery flavor but I'm new at homebrews. Leaving it inside for a couple more days to see what the yeast can do and then it will go back into lagering. Thanks...

Followup on this batch. The batch has been lagering in a fridge at about 40 F since 12/10. Today I decided to put it on carbonation and took two pulls off just to see how it's doing. The clarity isn't bad (2nd glass pulled and a little frost on glass). Although I now know EXACTLY what...

Based on that spreadsheet I get: OG 1.062 FG 1.015 Which are the exact gravities that Beersmith2 calculated for this batch. Which makes me nervous because nothing ever happens perfectly LOL The ABV comes out to 6.1% (6.3 by Beersmith2) which is higher than I would like. (didn't have...

I'm not sure what is going on with this batch so figured I'd ask. Fairly new to brewing (done a few extract and one or two all grain batches but those were last year). Here's the recipe 6 lbs Briess Light Golden DME 1 lb flaked rice 1 lb 6 row barly 1 oz cascade hops 1 tsp irish moss...