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I assume beersmith will help with that? (I'm still learning it)

Good advice beergolf. I was happy with my process and how smooth it won't so I will stick with it and monitor my consistency.

Brewed the 5g recipe for BierMunchers Centennial Blonde for my first all-grain brew today and ended up with 70% efficiency which I will gladly accept. Once again, this fabulous forum guides me down the right path. The wealth of knowledge shared here never ceases to amaze me. Can't wait to...

Ok, so how the heck did I miss the suggestion right above my post? doh!

Anyone have suggestion on how much lactic acid to add to RO/DI (not using sauermalz)? RO/DI water is zero TDS with 7.82 pH (temp corrected with Hanna meter that I use for saltwater reef - gotta love crossover tools from other hobbies). Plan is to makeup 10g of water using 2 tsp calcium...

Amen highland, doing the same thing myself this morning and still loving your build!

Go big or go home! You aren't messing around. Subscribed for what appears to be a great build!

Thanks all! Lesson learned - pay better attention to ALL recipe details!

You are on to something and I completely missed it. Recipe says to bring volume to 5.25g not 5g. Very nice catch! Doh! So, how much trouble am I in?

My hydrometer says to add a degree at 70F so shouldn't it have read 0.999 at 70F? Did you see my procedure for taking readings above? Recipe: 0.5lb Flaked Wheat (steeped 30 min at 154F) 0.5lb Belgian Aromatic (steeped same) 4lb Alexander Pale Malt LME 4lb Alexander Wheat Malt LME Saaz Pellets...

Temp was 70F. Obviously my hydrometer is off a few hundredths (cheap one) but i use the procedure mentioned which I believe should take care of that. Grains were in the recipe. I'll retype the recipe if needed but other than the steeping water volume I did not change anything.

The way I've been using my hydrometer is to test water at the same temp as the wort and then use the reading to correct. So, the plain water measured 1.002 and the final wort was 1.060 hence my 1.058 reading. Maybe that is my problem. Shouldn't that process work (in theory)?

Yes, sorry, 5g batch. Mixed VERY well. I'm confident it was a well mixed sample. I'm not too worried. Mostly just curious if it was likely due to the increased steeping water volume.

I brewed a Belgian Wit kit from a LHBS yesterday. The OG ended up at 1.058 while the recipe stated it should be 1.051. I did steep in about 2 gallons instead of 0.5 gallons thinking I would get a better conversion. I did some searching and couldn't find a definitive answer but could that be...

Going from 4% ABV to 6% ABV is 50% more alcohol after all so you're going to feel the same way after two that would normally take 3. Maybe that's why?

20+ years ago I dabbled with a beer-in-a-bag kit (Christmas present) and had less than stellar results (thanks to this site, now I know why). Never thought about trying again until an add popped up recently somewhere (can't recall what site I was surfing) for a Mr. Beer kit via Amazon and being...

Code please. Thank you!