Recent content by slime

So 2.5 weeks after brewday my FG is still at 1.024, looks to be done. Thanks to some of your input and a Brew Strong episode about attenuation I'm thinking a few things about why my US-05 didn't attenuate to the expected 1.015... -Possibly denatured the enzymes during mash, when i used the...

Sorry yeah that's celsius, learning to use fahrenheit but old habits die hard!

Thanks guys, am going to leave this baby alone.

My mash temps may have dropped from the 68.9 degrees on the beersmith profile a few times by 2-3 degrees. I wrapped the pot in towels and tried not to check the temp too many times because it meant lifing the lid. I gave it more gas once or twice. Could i have screwed up the mash and still got...

Ok thanks a lot, thats kinda what I wanted to hear. Happy to leave it in primary for 3-4 weeks. It was an All Grain brew, BIAB.

Hi all, I feel I may not have escaped my first brewday without a few mistakes, I didn't rehydrate the US-05 and I didn't aerate the wort (except for pouring it from the kettle into the fermenter)... Now after 8 days my IPA's FG is staying at 1.024 rather than the 1.015 predicted by the beersmith...

Hello all, Been lurking here for a long time while I gained the knowledge to start brewing. I'm starting with a very Australian mini-BIAB stovetop setup in my little apartment in Sydney. Doing 3 gal batches because I don't have much room, guess I'll see how i go before i upscale. Inspired to...