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You can use the calculator, just need to know the average weight of the carb drops. It should say the total weight and quantity on the packet. Also check the ingredients on the carb drops. Sucrose or glucose?

Thanks for the replies guys. My normal procedure is to put sugar (either drops or powder) in the bottle and briefly flip once it's capped to 1) make sure the cap doesn't leak, and 2) mix the sugar around a bit. Then after a couple days I will again briefly flip the bottle. I can usually see the...

Just wondering who does this? I don't bother with bulk priming and just put sugar directly into bottles. Turn the bottles upside down carefully a couple days after bottling to make sure the sugar/yeast is mixed around. Is it worth it? Is it potentially mixing oxygen in the headspace into the beer?

Why dump? Should have been fine, maybe a little watered down. How much sanitizer got in? Also +5.5gal Dr Smurto Golden Ale =333.0gal

I brewed the original "trial 001" recipe in post #1, however I missed the OG due to it being my first all-grain brew (BIAB) and had lower than expected efficiency. I added 1lb D-90 to get up to the correct OG. Bottled about 1 month ago. Taste is good but like others have said it lacks the...

Thanks for the reply. I will be brewing all-grain with full volume mash. I believe I am heading down the path of adding a small amount of gypsum to up the calcium and sulfate slightly, and then phosphoric acid to get the pH in range if needed. I will use a program like Bru'n water to help.

After years of saying that I wanted to make my own beer I have finally started! I first made two extract batches then moved on to BIAB (5 gallon batches). So far I have made a tripel and a belgian dark strong ale with the BIAB method. I feel like I have the process pretty well sorted with proper...