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The strange thing is... this calculator told me I needed mix 571g of Dry Malt Extract with 5 litres of water to achieve a 1.040 OG wort.. but when I tested the resultant wort, my refractometer gave me a reading of 35% Brix. Thats when I started to get in a muddle about how to use the...

Yes!! This is the tool I've been using!! :) Thank you Eric!! Hopefully.. maybe... I haven't completely messed this up!! Literally, just before seeing your post, I read that I might be missing a wort correction factor, but I'm hoping that won't make too big a difference. Thank you so much for...

Yes, sorry it's a refractometer... not a hydrometer!! I think perhaps attempting lager was running before I could walk... a classic case of 'All the gear, no idea'!!! lol!! Thanks for the positive encouragement... perhaps I'll hang on a little while longer. I do think my wort might have been...

Hey Hoppy!! Lovely to meet a fellow woman brewer too!! :) Yes, I love the refractometer.. well.. I just need to learn how to translate the scale into a gravity reading, then I'll be super happy with it. Some come with a gravity scale but mine doesn't, and I'm getting super confused!! For some...

Hey Surley, John and NCBrewer!! Thanks for the warm welcome and the tips!!! :) I think I need to try that book and also the thread you mention... and to get some new yeasts!! Also.. I think I might have messed up when I made my wort from DME... I calculated 570g to make a 5 litre batch... but...

PS... I'm using Bohemia lager yeast.. some light malt extract (using grain was too much of a faff in my small kitchen!) and Boadicea, First Gold and Mandarina hops... trying to achieve a lager with some marmalade-spicy-mandarin aromas... this probably reads like a recipe for disaster to most on...

Hello!!! I'm new to home brewing and this community... j I got a little excited and was totally bitten by the beer brewing bug after my first batch of IPA turned out brilliantly (it was a kit!). I think a bit of false confidence got to me, so I decided to go kit free and am now attempting to...