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moops (or is it moors?), thanks for your help. I looked up a dip tube, and that will solve my problem.

I didn't want to tilt it. I wanted to keep the whirlpool cone intact. what is a dip tube? tthanks

I just bought a Blichmann plate chiller and tried it with boiling water to test it. It worked great. I used the spigot of my brew pot to feed it. the problem is when the water drops below the spigot outlet, I still have about a gallon of water/wort left. in the past I always chilled in my...

Didn't think of that one. thanks

Dennys what?

Hi All I made a triple aged in a tequila barrel and also aged it with lime zest? it came out really good and wanted to enter it in a BJCP contest, what category do you think is best? wood aged? Specialty? Triple? thanks

I did use candi sugar, and forgot to reply to another question. i took readings with two different hydrometers and got the same result.

Thanks all. As far as dryness goes, i was shooting for dry, i mashed at 149 degress. I dont really keep track of my fermentaion temperature, but im assuming mid 70's.

Hi all, Ive been making beer for years, but recently switched to all grain. Ivbe made 5-6 batches of all grain. I recently brewed a batch of All-Grain Belgian Strong Golden. I used Wyeast 1388 (strong Belgian Ale yeast). OG was 1.079, 5 days later it was 1.01. Ive never had a batch...

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Revvy and Nurmey. thanks Thats the answer. I took the reading (bottom sample) immediately after topping with water. Actually, I have been brewing for a while, just never came across this before. I usually dont take a starting gravity. But took one for this since it was an imperial stout.

ok thanks ... thats what i figured, but just dont know what.

im getting 1.11 as my specific gravity. This seems high for only 7 lbs DME (even consicering 4 gallons of wort) . Does the lactose add anything? thanks

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Im making an Imperial Stout. I used 7 lbs of DME for a 4 gallon batch (I boiled 3 gallons) I also used 1 lb of Lactose. My OG (in Hydrometer and Refractometer) both read approx 11-12 OG. This doesnt seem right, as it should only be 8 or 9. I believe both are calibrated correctly...