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After being done in the primary my gravity went from 1.063 to 1.011 for an abv of 6.83%. Will this change after the secondary? How did I end up with such a high abv compared to the origional recipe? (not a complaint!) Is this due to the mash efficiency?

Question: the original recipes says: Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 2 weeks @ 65F Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 4 weeks @ 65F. But ive also read in this thread people saying to do 4 weeks primary and up to 6 months in the secondary? If I do the original and bottle...

Brewed this today. Original Gravity came right out at 1.070! Most interactive brew i've ever done. Used nottingham yeast. The wait begins.

Pretty sure my post says "after xmas". As in, to bad I didn't brew it earlier in time for xmas. If you make over a thousand posts in one year you are bound to say a few dumb things along the way.

Just picked up 3 bottles of this yesterday!

Brewed this today! Look forward to trying it sometime after xmas

24 hours after being in the primary and i've had to add a blowoff tube to the air lock!

Just brewed this today. I also mashed the Carafa III for the entire 60 minutes. Can't wait!

Can a Gambrinus European-style 2-row work instead of the american 2-row? I am having trouble finding the american 2-row

Thank you. I did some research on FWH after reading this and decided to use it in my brew. Got a batch in the primary right now!

I am also confused by the "first wort hop" in the recipe. On the all grain recipe the first addition of hops is with 15 minutes remaining correct? Then what does"0.75 oz Citra [12.40%] (First Wort Hop) Hops 17.0 IBU" mean? Thank you for clarification, I read through the thread but could not...

I just brewed this last night as my first all grain batch. I added the sugar at the start of the boil, I hope that this was ok. I couldn't find anywhere that said this would be bad! Color in the carboy's is the same as the pictures posted so far.