Recent content by tonypertplusplus

Actually, I see that my acronyms are wrong. i thought SG was starting gravity. I was measuring both OG and FG with a refractometer, but I just took another reading with a hydrometer and got 1.012. Ok, so, turns out everything's good. Thanks.

Umm, am I wrong to think that there's no alcohol until yeast has been added?

I measured SG with a refractometer, and I added more boiling water because the temp had dropped to 145.

oh... also - thanks for the reply

i was targeting 154, and it's an IPA with no regional preference. Ok, so if I'm going for a lower temp mash, like 149, any advice on how long I should expect the mash to mash for? as for oxygenation, I do a lot of stirring but that's about it, and once it's in the carboy I just let it be...

Hi everyone, I'm pretty new to all-grain brewing, and have a consistent problem with having high final gravities. I assume that this is related to the fact that I'm also having a very difficult time hitting my target mash temps, but an iodine test has been showing conversion, although maybe i'm...

I've heard really good things about using sugar pumpkins for cooking in general. From what I've been told, that's what bakers use so I think it's likely that you'd get a lot more flavor out of those. I also get a lot of wrong information though, so that may not be correct.

Oh. right. the pumkin. that's kind of important... been one of those days :drunk: Updated...

Wanted to provide an update to anyone anxiously watching this thread. The first one came out pretty good. I was quite happy with the result although as expected, there was a bit more of a hoppy aroma than would typically be desired in a pumpkin. so.. I made it again and altered the recipe a...

Owly, that is a very interesting idea. I'm going to give that a go and see how it works. I won't be able to tell you how it affects the flavor because I haven't made this recipe before, but I will certainly post back my impression and then when I make it again (correctly) I'll compare. Thanks...

Hi everyone, I was making a batch of pumpkin ale last night that called for 2oz of Kent Goldings (1oz beginning, 1oz at the end). Well... brew day combined with football opening weekend led to having a few home brews and when it came time to add oz number 2 of hops at the end of the boil... I...