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When it was at peak fermentation, the temp held at 87.4. My OG was 1.064 and a pulled a sample 2 nights ago. The gravity reading was at 1.020. I hope it still had a little bit to go, because it tasted a little too sweet and didn’t have enough bitterness for balance. I’m worried that I mashed a...

Wishing for some great beer this year!

I forgot to mention, if I were you, I would pick up a couple packs of replacement O-rings for the fermenters. I've gone through a few of the O-rings for the racking arm since purchasing mine.

Made a NEIPA recipe, pitched this, and set it in my garage to ferment. It’s go time!

Hydrometer. Why do you ask?

You That's a great suggestion!

I know there was a somewhat related thread in this section. I just encountered a similar issue of an under-attenuated beer. Can you provide some additional info so maybe others can help further? -What yeast did you use? -What was your OG? -Was there still a layer of krausen? -What was your...

I think an interesting experiment, one that I plan on doing in the next couple months, is splitting a 10 gallon batch into 2 different fermenters. I would pitch one full pack in one and maybe 1/3 pack in the other and see if there is a difference in flavor and aroma. A basic pale ale, like...

I wonder what the contrast would be between underpitching and pitching regularly. When I listened to the Omega owner, he said he's heard of people underpitching although they have not conducted their own experiments using this method. He said that from their experience/experimentation...

This just happened to me too now. My bet is that my strike water was to hot for the amount of grain I had in this and the mash ended up too hot. My OG was 1.060 and I'm only down to 1.027. I added nutrients and pitch another packet of yeast tonight, but I assume all that's left are unfermentable...

From the Owner: "Hornindal is a blend of multiple closely related strains. The other two kveik in our collection (HotHead and Voss) are single strains."

I've already sent them a message to ask if they would be willing to provide some of the slides or the entire powerpoint. Many of slides alone are informative. The presentation was great though. They also had a deal, buy 2 Omega packs and get 1 free so that was a nice bonus.

I went to message my LHBS yesterday to see if they had and of Omega's Hornindal. I scrolled down on their facebook page before sending the message, and it turned out that the owner from Omega was going to be there and put on a presentation so I had to go. About 75% of the presentation was...

I'm working with old equipment that my friend provided. We typically brew together, but his mash tun does not a thermometer port. I could not tell you what the actual mash temp was. I brewed one individually, and temped it after the 90 minute mash, but I forgot to document it... The only thing I...

I think homebrewers oxygenating wort prior to pitching isn't as necessary as a lot of people think. I may be in the minority here, but I think during a typical brewing process your wort is being exposed to plenty of oxygen. When you're transferring from your kettle to fermenter I imagine you're...

I use half a tablet. 1/4 in mash water and 1/4 in sparge water.

I made 2 Imperial Stouts recently, both with US-05. My strike temps were high (one at 172 and one at 174). I use an Igloo for my mash tun, but did a 90 minute mash and boil for these beers. I do not preheat my mash tun, so this is possibly why I don't run into issues? I don't do much to aerate...

I’m going from making 5 gallon batches to 10 gallon batches. I purchased a custom Spike 20 gallon kettle. My concern is that my current mash tun will no longer be sufficient as it is only a 10 gallon vessel, especially when brewing big beers. For those of you that have made this leap what did...

I’m considering picking one of those up after the holidays are over. From the reviews I’ve seen, they are a solid value SS fermenter. I have the SS Brewtech Brew Bucket and love it. It is more pricey though.

I currently use glass and SS fermenters. They work just fine. They are definitely superior to plastic in my opinion although many people swear by using plastic. If you go with glass use caution. I believe there is an ongoing thread of brewers with some serious injuries caused by glass carboys...