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I just did primary fermentation, no secondary.

Yes and we did steep grains as the recipe advised.

I do seem to remember it was warmer than what it should have been but not by much I failed to write that down, I would believe it wasn’t mixed thoroughly causing my sample to be diluted. Well see what happens with this one and I’ll learn from it. Thank you everyone for your input and help on...

I think we left a very little amount, maybe 3-5 ounces at most. Straining that would be a great option next time however.

I think I’m going to order another recipe, pay more attention to temps and gravity and drink fewer beers while we’re doing it lol. I’m not sure where we went wrong unless my OG is inaccurate. But

No wort got spilled or left behind except a tiny bit in the bottom of the kettle with sediment in it. Wort came out to about 2 gallons.

Mm you know that’s the only thing I didn’t write down, maybe I took the OG too warm then. Does your brew taste watery from the fermenter though? I’ll have to take more notes next time and do more homework.

Sorry auto correct lol. I added 6lbs malt extract right at boil as well as 1lb dme right after, boiled for 60 minutes and hopped per the recipe just with Amarillo instead of chinook. Had 2 people reading the recipe I’m not sure where we could have gone wrong unless we boiled off more than what...

Extract kit, and I only have the hygrometer

First of all, I’ve read this forum several times and y’all have helped me a bunch on my first brew and thank you so much. Wondering if anyone could help me out I just finished brewing my first chinook ipa kit from northern brewer, I changed the recipe from 3 ounces of chinook to 3 ounces of...