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How are you cleaning the bottles? If you use bleach, how well are you rinsing? -A tiny drop could kill the yeast. & not clean enough may have it's own issues. I use the dishwasher.

Take the tempature of the wort before pitching yeast. Your better off letting it sit overnight untill it cools than pitching too hot. My first batch mistake was being impatinet with cooling my wort in the sink icebath and pitching at 120 degrees. Don't do that - the beer will have a real...

I had the exact same issue with a dry hopped batch, hop particles in the last two bottles. I would say its not a priming sugar issue, but a hop particle issue, as we both did it.

My wild guess is the grain bill was a few pounds light. It could cause faster heat loss in the cooler, and would produce a low OG.

A general comment - when I first started I picked one recipe and brewed it a few times. This allowed me to focus on technique, and compare the results for differant techniques. On the lager - be sure you can control your fermentation temp. Many choose to start with an ale that ferments at...