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Well that's a relief! Hahahahahaha, yeop math skills go for a toss! Thanks a lot for the clarification! Been trying to wrap my head around this since yesterday!

Just was going through this for calculating the gravity increase. I also read a similar post by you (link: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/calculating-how-many-gravity-points-a-sugar-malt-addition-adds.514182/) There seems to be a slight discrepancy in both, or am I calculating it...

I was brewing an Irish Red Ale last week when this question came to my mind. So my recipe contained 20% caramel malt. So that's a lot of unfermentable sugars in the wort. My target OG was 1.054 (Actual turned out to be 1.055) and my target FG was 1.028 (Actual should've been 1.015 according to...

So I made a Bavarian Wheat using Wyeast Bavarian Wheat 3638. It's a low flocculating yeast. It's been in the primary for 10 days and the activity has stopped, plus the FG is stable now (I did the 3 day consecutive gravity check). I was planning to bottle it in a day or two. Since I'm making a...

I recently bought a 25 litre (6.5 gal) ice cooler to make a mash tun. It didn't come with a tap so I had to drill a hole. The hole got drilled slightly unevenly and there's a leakage. I tried using various gaskets, I tried using an epoxy adhesive from the outside, but both didn't work. The epoxy...

Oh I missed your comment. I'll lower down the temperature. It should fall within a day?

Check out the pictures please Gavin!

So this is how it looks from the side. As you can see, there is a very thin layer of krausen. There is some krausen stuck to the side of the fermenter, but the actual layer can be seen. From the top, it looks like this:

Yeah I guess I'll do that for starters. If the readings change, then I'll let it be. Thanks! 😄

I use a blow off tube and there has been no activity for the past 2-3 days. But the krausen is still there. There could be some fermentation activity being carried out inside then. And yeah, it's a high gravity beer and even I'm surprised the FG dropped so low. Maybe I'll check the FG again for...

Yes I did taste the sample. It didn't taste like green apples. I don't know whether it's a good or bad thing :P. Why do you ask?

Hahahahahahaha! The beer trolled you or what! My carboy is transparent and I can see that damned krausen smiling back at me. Not just from the sides!

I'd planned this one for New Years! Maybe I'll wait for a few more days and go easy on the priming sugar. I'd rather wait then have the bottles blast. I've checked the gravity today. I'll check it again tomorrow. And day after. If it doesn't change, I think I'll be good to go!

So how long do you think I should wait?

Yeah I know. I was thinking of that actually. But I'll first swirl the carboy like you suggested. But the ABV is 6.84%, which is higher than I wanted anyway. Keeping it longer would increase the ABV more (I'm guessing there are more fermentable sugars inside). Maybe I'll wait for two more days then.