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Good night does that S-04 yeast ferment fast. I had a ton of nonstop activity only a few hours after going into the fermenter (and I just dumped the dry yeast on foam in fermenter!). After ~36 hours the activity has slowed to an occasional burp and the krausen has fallen back down. I am going...

After thinking about this a lot more than I probably should I came up with two other potential issues. 1. Testing my hydrometer with distilled water I came up with varying numbers. It became evident that dropping it in and waiting for it to settle could produce a consistent yet wrong...

I stired well, made sure there were no clumps at all - a nice slightly watery oatmeal consistency. I dunked the bag numerous times, then stirred with it sumberged in the sparge water and let it sit for 10 minutes.

The OG would be affected by the extra volume but not effenciency right? Assuming my OG stayed the same, and I increase the volume then my efficiency actually goes up does it not?

I started with 5lbs of DME, once I saw my gravity was so far off I boiled up another 1lb in a few quarts of water and added it to the fermenter. Sorry, there was no top off water - my intended into fermenter volume was 5gal and I ended up with 5.25 into fermenter with .25 left in kettle. This...

2 lb - American 2-row 1 lb Munich Malt - 10L .50 lb Carafoam .50 lb Caramel Malt 60L .50 lb Melanoidin Malt Yes, I did a full boil consisting of the wort I collected from the mash plus the "sparge" water and then a bit more to get me to my planned pre boil volume (I somehow lost a very little...

that makes sense, I never hit the keg with High pressure after the purge/growler fill but I did after switching the tank. Hopefully that's all it was!

Yesterday I attempted a partial mash for the first time, I ended up missing my OG by a mile (target 1.067, actual 1.053). My calculated efficiency was ~30%. My method was not traditional and I am sure was the cause but I dot get exactly why. I started by bringing 1.25 quarts per lb of water...

Went to pour a beer last night and found that the co2 tank was empty. Only one force carb and 2/3 dispense on the fill. All had been well for weeks, then earlier this week I shut off the gas, purged the keg and put the gas real low to fill a few growlers. Once done I dialed back up to 10 and...

I brewed it today, my mini-mash missed by a mile so I ended up using more DME than anticipated but I had a good time and I have a bucket full of something that will probably still taste awesome!

Decided to bite the bullet and cut out 1lb of dme, add in 2lbs of 2 row in addition to the other grains and try a mini mash / BIAB with batch sparge. Wish me luck, only second brew ever..... Gulp.... At least the predicted 100 degree heat will help me maintain mash temp outside tomorrow!

Thanks everyone for all the good information, this was very educational! I also stumbled onto this thread which put some more things into perspective for me: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f128/testing-fermentability-crystal-malt-208361/

but they won't convert in the presence of Munich as the only base since it can only convert itself?

Ahhhh that explains some of my confusion, thanks! So it will act as a base (like a 2-row) and help the other grains convert (eg the Carafoan). if this is the case then I get it completely now. I errantly assumed that Munich would not assist in the conversion of the other grains. thank you!

I am new at this, hence the posting of this in the beginners forum. I am positive that I understand (now) that I am in the wrong with my orig post, just still trying to understand the "why" part. In my case I was hoping to do what I errantly called a "partial mash" with Munich Malt which is...

I guess my intent was "partial mash with specialty grains" :confused: This recipe has specialty grains with enough DP to convert themselves, no base needed to assist with conversion. It also has specialty grains that dont have enough or any DP, and are not paired with base, therefore only...

Fair point, I will also re-read relevant chapters of How to Brew - I do not recall it going into this much detail but ion my first cover to cover read I had no experience or knowledge whatsover so if it did go into detail I probably did nto retain it. I guess all in all what I was hoping for...

I will accept user error, though I don’t agree. I selected partial mash because that is what I am doing. Some of the specialty grains I have included have enough diastatic power to convert themselves, so no base grain is needed to assist with conversion. Others do not yet beersmith...

My example is extreme, and I left out some details but expanding on it with more detail it (beersmith) shows that the points are fermentable. Example: 10lbs 2 row - Est Start 1.052, Est Final 1.011, Est ABV 5.4% vs 10lbs Cafafoam - Est Start 1.048, Est Final 1.010, Est ABV 4.9% Again...

Does anyone have a recommendation for a legitimate calculator or literature on how to calculate gravity by hand? I am using beersmith now but I 100% certain that many of its calculations are flat wrong. It appears that basically 1lb of any grain in a recipe adds ~.005 to the OG including...