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It was the ambient air temp. The Bubblegum Flavour has all but disappeared which is good. It actually turned out to be a great brew

I have no temp control. I was fermenting in my house and the ambient temp was around 18-21 degrees C (65-70?) I pitched the yeast at around. 27 degrees C which might have been a little high also.

My latest brew has been in the bottle for 11 days. Its an IPA made with DME and WHEAT DME, some Cara-aroma steeping grains, with Styrian Goldings hops and Safale 05 yeast. I couldn't help but have a little taste last night. It was pleased with how it turned out but it wasn't what i was...

I added aroma hops at 15 mins and at 0 mins. I also dry hopped. I suspect my ferment temperature was in the high side as I do get some 'fruity' flavours. I used Safale 05

I'm drinking a pint of my second brew. A Sierra Nevada PA clone that I'm quite proud of. My third batch is currently conditioning. I've been brewing extract with steeping grains, and all of my beers are Hop Forward. The thing is I'm getting lots of bitterness but not a great deal if hop...

Love these forums, always a quick response. So can I just substitute LME with DME in the future?

I've heard a few negative comments about LME on these forums. I'm a noob, so I am following extract recipes right now. Most of these recipes call for a mix of DME and LME. My questions are thus; Are are DME and LME interchangeable? If so why do a lot of recipes call for both?

Apologies if this has been asked a million times. Is it safe to 'top off' with tap water? If so, why can't I dump tap water in to chill my wort?

Gotcha. Thanks :)

And the same for FG ?

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That's the one. How does it work?

I've seen some people measuring the gravity of their wort with some kind of microscope device. What is such a thing called?

Just wait it out, give it another taste in a week or so

Probably down to 16 at its coldest.

Hello. I'm in the UK and I finished my second batch yesterday, an extract version of the Sierra Nevada clone. I did the second lot as soon as the first went into bottles. Since my first was a Coopers lager with added 'brewing sugar' and I'm not holding out much hope for it. Despite my dry...