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As someone who has also been suffering from high yield loss lately, this thread is a great reminder of just how important it is to take notes and measurements every step of the way...something I don't do very often but will from now on. If I may inject a few questions of my own here...

Sorry to hijack the thread here but I'm curious about the "topping off to 5 gallons" suggestion here. Yield is something I'm struggling with as well and in the past, I haven't really paid attention to the total amount of wort I end up with after boiling (I generally just went off the rule of 3-4...

Thank you all so much for the replies! I have a hydrometer and I generally use it to take an Original and Final reading just to make sure they yeast is actually doing its job, but I'm not entirely sure what sort of reading I specifically should be looking for at the beginning. I assume this is...

Hey all, So over the past few brews I've tried, I've noticed that the yield of my brew seems to vary greatly. I've been averaging about about 20-24 bombers per intended 5 gallon batch. Sometimes it's much greater, sometimes much less. I've been trying some IPAs with lots of whole leaf hop...

Mine is about ready to bottle actually (I only ended up picking up the kit about a month ago). I'll let you know how it turns out in a few weeks!

I was at a Memorial Day BBQ recently where some of our friends made some delicious Orange Creamsicle Jello Shots. It actually got me thinking about trying to do an Orange Creamsicle beer. I've seen some different ideas but I figured I'd post this here to get some suggestions regarding how to...

Hey all, So today I was attempting to bottle a Maharaja clone that I made with the help of some friends and a recipe we found here on the forums. When I initially racked the beer into secondary there were several additions of whole leaf Simcoe hops. However, today I ran into several...

I really want to get my hands on Pliny the Younger if I can. They've had a few kegs tapped out here but I've missed them all. Must find Pliny...

Holy crap that is awesome...

Hey all, I'm going to be heading out to San Fran next week for a conference and I'm wondering what brewpubs/breweries/bars I should hit up for some delicious local brews that I most likely can't find in Colorado. A few of my co-workers and myself are big Russian River fans but due to...

Awesome to hear! I'm really excited about this one and I definitely plan on letting it sit at home while I'm traveling through the holidays. Funny enough though, I did a second batch about a week after the first, and I did a starter yeast. When I transferred it into secondary today, the reading...

Thanks again for all the feedback everyone. I did another Gravity reading yesterday and it's sitting at about 1.02 right now. It's been in secondary for 2 weeks now (another 2 in primary) and I'm planning on bottling it tomorrow unless you guys think it would be in my best interest to do another...

As Kwade mentioned, you're probably going to get more responses with a new thread and based on your question you're probably best following the directions of the recipe for the kit. All that being said however, my personal experience has been brewing 5 gallon batches and I always use 5 ounces of...

One quick additional question I had is regarding the Final Gravity of my beer. From all of the videos I've watched it sounds like the Original Gravity is usually around 1.040 and the final Gravity should come to somewhere closer to 1.0 (close to water) once all the fermentables have been...

Gotcha, well I guess I need to get a lot more comfortable with reading my hydrometer as well as making up yeast starters. Every brew is a new adventure and lesson I guess! Going to work on these next. Thanks everyone for their support and answers.

Thanks a lot for the responses everyone, you all rock! To answer a few of your responses... I haven't really used my hydrometer very much yet mainly because I'm still a little unsure how to properly read it (which is partially me being lazy). I definitely should use it more. I've taken some...

So I've got about 4 brews under my belt now and I'm working towards my fifth. Each one has brought a new lesson to learn. I'm starting to get things figured out but yeast and fermentation is one are i'm still a little shaky on and I'd like to improve my knowledge for future batches. My local...

I'll certainly keep you posted. I'm still getting the process down and after reading about how oxidation can be introduced and how it's a bad thing for your beer, it makes me wonder if that's really my problem. My last boil (an amber ale) is sitting in primary right now and I'm planning to...

Gotcha, so it's something that usually gets done in the boil portion of the brew? Ya, I'm well beyond that now. I was thinking that maybe adding pumpkin to the secondary would give it some of the flavor I was looking for, but I thought I'd ask. I'll stay away from a fresh pumpkin for sure then.

Hey guys, I have an Amber Ale that I boiled over the weekend and currently sitting in primary. It's a kit beer that I picked up from my local home brew shop. I was hoping to get a pumpkin ale kit from them, but they had run out of kits by the time I got there. I was walking around a local...