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Sorry I meant to say hydrometer. I have been using the refractometer.

7.1B Using the same method as before, dumping from the racking arm into a mason jar and sampling from there, the difference being that on the first try I was clearing a lot of yeast through that port.

Yep, Stand by

Thank you for your help guys, this place is awesome. Outstanding that the braintrust will take time to help someone and nobody told me to use the search function. Going forward I will chase down a refractometer, I used to have one but broke it years ago. I know the final abv is not...

Both beers taste awesome!

The first beer I measured about 4 times as I was trying to get the OG up, I have a new brewery and blew the mash process so I ended up adding honey to get to the 17B. The aforementioned pale ale I don't recall measuring the SG more than once but I know I wrote it down correctly because I...

@DBhomebrew 25lbs of 2row 5lbs carmel 10 1.5 lbs rolled oats And 2 packets of safale 05 but I also dumped all that on top of a yeast bed of English ale yeast that was leftover from the previous brew in the fermentor. But the previous brew has similar stats. Started with 17b and now at 8b

Thanks @Yooper the calculator used a factor of one, is that a good starting point?

Hey can you guys help me understand something. I use a refractometer and online calculator but I don't think I am doing something right. The last beer I made using the refractometer had a OG of 1.065 or 16B. It is now at 1.027 or 6.7B. Using the online calculator my abv is currently 8.24 or...

What is that thing below it? The cylinder?

I showed her what I was thinking and she just gave me the side eye... that is not a no! I think she is happy as long as I am at the house and subterranean lol.

This is great information. @oakbarn has me thinking that its all for not, so maybe I will try my current freezer first, run two identical batches back to back, and ferment one in the freezer and one naked in the basement, then a taste test, I know different yeasts on future beers will react...

Awesome @mashpaddled thanks for the info, more questions. I will be tasting it until its gone! What is the advantage to cold crashing beside clarifying the beer? I am new to any type of fermentation manipulation. Shorter fermentation times, and clarity? What temperature would you set...

Hello, I was hoping you guys could offer some insight or point me in some sort of direction. I have been brewing for 15 years or so and recently set up a brewery in my basement. I try to keep things simple when brewing, the new set up is two 20 gal spike pots and a ssbrewtech mash tun, I may...