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Luckily I had insurance on the move so I should come out okay

Not even close...

Appreciate it. I would post photos but the lawyer I talked to said not to.

I had one of the worst days of my young brewing life today. In the process of a move to a new house, I lost ALL of my offerings... the box they were in was crushed by the moving company I hired, which I am actually setting up a lawsuit on. Long story short, I will not be able to be a part of...

I know I am probably a day late and a dollar short here but I would LOVE to get in on this if there is still time. Just moved to a new city and don’t have any beer friends to get feedback from! If not this time I will wait for the next FOTHB. CHEERS!

Decided to roll the dice today as the airlock slowed down significantly after warming it up for 24 hours at 70. Just racked to secondary with dry hop and got an FG of 1.012 which is what I was shooting for!

All measurements were taken on a digital food scale

I based the recipe off a one gallon batch I made a while ago. I made the recipe in beer smith and took a hydrometer reading which was around 1.066-1.068. The yeast is Lallemand Bry-97 West coast ale. Nothing in the fermenter looks out of order (I.e. no suspicious bacteria formation) and there is...

I used that same calculator earlier with the same results... which bums me out (was hoping for an easy drinking IPA). I am anxious for this beer to stop fermenting so I can compare the true hydrometer FG and the Brix calculated ABV.

So... I have been doing research all day and have come to the conclusion that I made an extremely fermentable wort and thats why the FG just keeps on dropping! )I took a hydrometer reading prior to pitching yeast and it was 1.066 or around 16 Brix. Today my refractometer read around 8.5Brix at...

Also I added the corn sugar in the boil NOT in the primary for better attenuation... I think that’s what you were referring to with the “knee jerk reactions”. So just to clarify I have not added anything to facilitate fermentation at this point.

Solid advice friend, no offense taken at all! I’m gonna warm take it out of the fermentation chamber and take it up to 68 (house temp) for a DR and see if the warmth will finish things up.

So I tested with refractometer this morning and it read 1.032 after 6 days. Does this mean I underpitched? I read that sometimes Bry-97 has a really long lag time so I’m thinking maybe that’s the cause. I added the extra corn sugar in hopes of drying out this batch, however it’s still under...

I have a hydrometer but it requires 80-90 ml to get a solid reading which makes me uneasy when it comes to sanitation if I was going to put it back in with the rest of beer in fermenter. I will try your suggestion of sanitizing something long enough to obtain a couple drops for a sample.

6 days ago I made an extract IPA (recipe in attachments). I fermented at 63 inside a temperature controlled fridge. Today I still have pretty steady bubbles coming from airlock (1 every 5-6 seconds). What I am wondering is how to test the wort with my newly purchased refractometer and when to...

Does the grain end up too powdery for all grain batches when compared to BIAB? I saw an above comment that said it might and just curious what your experience is.

If I ordered my grains milled and stored them in airtight containers, how long would they stay fresh?

Yeah, he is in my homebrew club so I buy some stuff there but I think he is struggling to stay in business so he overcharges

Hello! I just got my tax refund and decided as a gift to myself I am going to stock up on grains since I recently stopped brewing with extract. My LHBS is pretty expensive (6.50 per lb for Pilsner milled). So what I was thinking is that I would get bulk base malts (I.e. 2 row, Pilsner, Maris...