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Just about to transfert in a carboy, I saw this krausen on my brew, It is only krausen or my brew is infected? I just want to be sure, It take good and dont have a sour taste and dosent smell the garbage!

5 gallons for me and first AG too! Styll in primary and got a nice krausen! Thank you so much Edwort! :mug: 2996 Total

Grats, hope it will taste good :) :mug:

Yes you did, and .039 isnt too big?? I think at the store im crushing my grain is set to .023, didnt sure it was right last time i crushed it at .026 and get worst effiency than my first AG, Which i though i crushed at .023

Just to be curious, and whats your OG average. Maybe it will help someone to get better OG(me first? ) :cross:

Thank you :mug:

Yup I did, i think I used safale -05 for a red. Should i let in or transfert to another carboy?

I putted last friday a red in a carboy but I almost fulled it. It just started to bubble every 30-40 sec. I took an OG test yesterday and didnt put it back in. Maybe it let more space inside for the air so the fermentation started up again?! A fact or coincidence?

This will help alot of ppl, always good to remember thing that you think you know and you dont. :mug:

Can I buy this at any store? If yes, is it expensive?

Just received my 70 oz order of hops. Got 7-8 sort of hops. 6oz , 8 oz to a pound, they putted in a kinda aluminium foil bag. I know ill have to open these bag for my next brew, would like to know the best way to keep it fresh?

I started 1 month ago brewing Festabrew kit, Read alot and alot all over the forum and got all the information to brew all grain now. Was my second time today, first one was saturday, and everything went well. Be sure to get good stuff, easier when youre equipped with it

Using a secondary will clear you beer. I dont think it will change the taste, but your beer will be more clear Not 100 % sure about that but pretty sure :)

Bm says to add 2 more pounds of 2 row and replace the roasted by the biscuit. Noob question : It is normal that it smeel the hops, not the beer? Thanks for all for nice and quick answer! :tank:

only 2h30 ?? Calculate 1h of boil, 1h in the mash tun, plus the time to chill the beer? How did u do that? lol Welcome to the forum, just started 1 month ago brewing beer and did my first AG on sat and my second one today. If you need anything I live not too far from you! Bought lots of...

+5 Festabrew wheat +5 Festabrew Red +5 haus pale ale +5 Captain Hooked on bitters 10576 + 20 10596

I thought about this and would like to really if effiency is really important? I brewed a haus pale ale which had a effiency of 1.055 and says i reach 79.66% Just brewed a captain hooked on bitters , it says OG should be 1.052, beersmith says 1.056 due to a change of malt( biscuit instead...

I tried, 3.82 for mash 5.62 for sparge ---} seem to be too much no?!

Will make the Captain hook from BM but will do half size(5.5G) https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f64/captain-hooked-bitters-red-hook-clone-award-winner-29740/ Trying to calculate batch and sparge water, tried on a couple of site but dosent seem to be right! tried the calculator or lakeeriebrew...