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Target fg is 1.008 Here then beer!

Yep, stupid again. The table I was looking at said .0008, but the example used was .008... Threw me off. So yes the delta g is .0008 so that is subtracted to make 1.016? If the temperature was higher than 59 it would be added? Here then beer!

Okay. You all made me see eye to eye with my own stupidity and I was able to take a hydrometer reading. It was at 1.017 at about 42 degrees which means it is really 1.025 correct? Definitely wasn't done! Here then beer!

I lied...I do have a hydrometer I just didn't want to admit that I have so far failed to use it correctly...I was told to use the tube it came in to measure so I did with this beer only to find the tube wasn't big enough to take a reading...Apparently I need to buy a bigger test tube or...

Well...My first two all grain beers have been messed up by mistakes with the yeast. I have ordered a hydrometer. I didn't have it for this brew. I made a belgian wit and kegged it after ten days when the bubbles stopped. However, after sampling in the keg the beer smelled and tasted pretty bad...

It did still taste like wort so I think it will be fine. I actually just read that this wyeast is best for temps 50 to 58 so I am gonna aim for 56 degrees this time. Here then beer!

Pitched at about 74 then cooled it to 48. I guess that may be the problem. I bought another pack. Gonna cool it to 48 after it swells and then re pitch. Here then beer!

Thanks Brat. I took a sample and confirmed that no fermentation has happened yet. So should I get another pack of the same yeast and add that or the lager yeast or what? Here then beer!

Okay. I bought it local. I was surprised to find it in my LBS. Maybe it was old yeast. Here then beer!

I am going to take a sample in a few hours. I was wondering if this is normal or not a good sign. Here then beer!

Pilsner Urquell clone. I used the Czech pilsner wyeast. Got it started five hours before pitching, but the bag didn't blow up much like most do. Not the first time that has happened though so I thought it would be ok. Here then beer!

Well, I brewed the pilsner a week ago. Did all grain. Since I racked it to a five gallon carboy I used a blow off just in case. It has been sitting at about 48 degrees consistently. I haven't seen any activity and it doesn't look like any fermentation has taken place. Nothing caked on the sides...

Thanks for the responses. It is brew time. Here then beer!

I am assuming there is a good reason for not doing this, but I haven't read anything about it yet. I am doing my first AG tomorrow. I have read that a stuck sparge can be an annoyance. Is it okay to throw all the grain in a big muslin bag to avoid this or will that decrease the extraction from...

Kegged this today and tasted some. It tastes like a strawberry blonde. I didn't notice any off flavors. Here then beer!

Well, I racked this to secondary on top of the strawberries this Saturday. The beer was smelling pretty good and the taste was okay. I think everything is going to turn out okay. I am going to try and speed this one along...one week in secondary then force carb for another week and it could be...

Yes, but unfortunately I kept trying to use the chiller while aiming the water away until the wort was about 120! I kept turning off the water and trying to fix it and finally gave up around 120 degrees...

Thanks for the feedback. I'm relatively new to this forum (and to brewing), but it seems like whenever someone makes a post worrying that their beer will be ruined most people respond saying it will be fine. I'm starting to think this brewing thing isn't as hard as the books and the pros make it...

Oh man…has this happened to anyone? I was brewing a strawberry blonde today and when it was time to chill the beer I hooked the wort chiller up to the outside faucet and started chilling. After a minute a leak started in the chiller right where the tube meets the copper. This is only the 3rd...

So I guess what you guys are saying...is to just use the dang frozen strawberries! Thanks for the replies. Here then beer!