Recent content by webtopf

Hi, I bought a chest freezer and a temperature controller so I can keep brewing in the summer. Now the problem is my temperature controller came without a manual. And I'm having a hard time figuring out what all the settings are. There are just three buttons: Up, Down and Set. I know I can go...

Wow, I did not know i had to do that. This is my first time using the refractometer. After correction it looks like the FG is actually 1.008, so i should be fine bottling it with the planned amount of priming sugar. Thank you so much!

I did try the last bottled one now and had to find out there was also no carbonation there. Same like before, a slight hiss when opening the bottle, but then it's completely flat. The few liters left now after trying a few times I'll just pour away. Thanks for your help!

Hey everyone. I'm in a bit of a difficult spot right now. I am going on vacation tomorrow for a month. My plan was to bottle my beer today to have it ready to drink when I come back. But yesterday I found out that the fermentation is still not done after two weeks. OG 1.040, last reading 1.019...

Thanks for the feedback. I used Safale US-5 yeast. Good to have someone double check the priming sugar amounts I first suspected that to be off. I know which one was bottled last because i first filled all the glass bottles and the last one was definitely a plastic bottle. That one feels hard...

I brewed my own recipe for the first time and ran into a problem with carbonation. I'd really appreciate if someone more experienced could look at my brew log and let me know if there's something i did wrong. I wanted to create a lighter (low abv and body) version of a pale ale. I tried it a...