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I guess I don't know how to answer that qustion. It does taste like there is alcohol in the beer, but I don't know how much. The taste is "watery", meaning no malty flavor, no "mouth-feel". I wish I could send you some, that might help you, help me!:o Others on this post have said that the...

Did you check the temp during the mash, or pour in 171 strike water and forget about it? We just poured 171 degree water in and forgot about it. Are final volume was less than 5 gallons, more like 3.5. The crystal malt that we bought has written on the package, Briess 6-row Crystal Malt...

From my calculations something is off. From my Beersmith (at 75% efficiency) estimated the OG 1.021. I am not sure that was enough grains. Our efficiency (from prior tests) showed that we were getting around 85% conversion from our set-up. Even at 75% we should have had 1.045 by my...

I just checked the reading; it is a little less (<0.002) than 1.000 at 68 degrees (what my tap water temperature is). The 6-row was not in the recipe, but it is what we had to work with. Would that effect it greatly?

The gravity readings were take at approx. 70 degrees which is typically the temp that we take the reading at. The 171 was the strike temperature and we mashed in an Igloo cooler. Like you, our calculations show that we have brew that has a 5%+ ABV, but the brew seems "light" (meaning no mouth...

Greetings, I want to thank everyone in advance for any help/insight that you might give. I am new to this forum, in fact this is my first post. My brewing buddy and I did our first all grain a month and a half ago. We have been home-brewing for about a year and are very careful to read and...