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You are replying to an 11 year old message, so their situation has probably changed. Are you using Extract? Extract brews tend to end at a higher FG, especially if there is any scorching. What is your attenuation? FG doesn't tell you how good your fermentation was without knowing OG. Are you...

Example: OG: 1.045 FG: 1.020 (45-20)/45 = 56% attenuation, WLP400 claims 74%-78% attenuation. Would expect to get to 1.012 at 76% attenuation.

Ah I misread your message when talking about moving it. For mash temp, 157-158 is pretty damned high. Folks tend to say not to exceed 155F, and IMHO even that is too high. So you may have ended up with a chunk of more unfermentable sugars, but with your relatively low OG, it still seems like...

Few thoughts: You transferred to a secondary. Unless you are doing weird additions, there is no need for that. Did you check your gravity before transferring and assure that fermentation was complete? You could have lost a good amount of happy yeast if you left it behind during that transfer...

For maintaining temperature during the mash, if you are doing BIAB, wrapping the enitre thing in bath towels or the like (of course off the heat, no need for a fire!) does wonders for maintaining that temp. The issue with having the heat on is the difficulty to keep an even, consistent...

Regarding secondary, sure there may be that you lose some good hop oils, and if you really want to transfer then go for it. Just saying that the common "always do it" is super false. I was a pro brewer at a production brewery, and worked with a lot of other pro brewers, and never really saw...

First: Do not use a secondary. Do not. That is old process that has been proven to be more bad than good, holds no real benefits. All it does is add an extra spot for infection and oxidation. There is no "secondary" fermentation in beer. So make it simple and keep it in the fermenter all the way...

Going to repeat what was said above. This used to be the way to do it when I started about 20ish years ago. Since then people have been doing their own research and finding out that they shouldn't blindly follow advice repeated from a 90's brewing book and instead go with tested results. Some...

It is a blend of equipment. But the big thing was low initial conversion of the mashed grains. But apparently my mill was slightly too wide and the crush was bad. It looked ok, but after adjusting (now that I have guages) I see that I was way off. I may just have a way better setup at home and...

Samples were indeed hot, so next time will let them cool and re-measure.

Using a pH meter with ATC, liquid pulled off of the grain, checked 30 minutes into the mash and then right before lautering. Digital pH meter that was verified calibration right before and after use. For asking about same grain/malt/thermometer, we ordered from the same store (MoreBeer) and I...

So. Same mill. No gap adjustment. For "not a race", that's fair, but it is also a process thing. If getting lower efficiency then there is a hiccup in the system, and for us we want to fix that. If we set recipes for 75% and end up at 65% then we don't hit numbers, and want a recipe I brew at...

Hey folks. So I helped a work buddy brew beer at his place, third time so far (did a double batch this weekend). When I brew at my place I get that 75% efficiency target, sometimes better. I don't have a pH meter any more, but when I did I was getting in the expected range. At his place...

Yeah, best I have every gotten was 20ish degrees. But the way they ran their business I would not be surprised that they straight up lied about the ability to drop that low.

Jtvann, as it seems you have an immersion pro, curious if you could check something for me. For the insulated bag, is there a zipper on the bottom seam so you can remove the actual insulation? Apparently I need to fluff it in a drier, and Aaron says there is a zipper, but I nor my seamstress...

Thanks dude! Been getting info from him, thanks for the address.

Alright. Still crappy for them to remove all support for their existing products. Sent an email to them (one I used before) and it bounced. That seems SUPER shady. Wouldn't trust a company that does that.

Any folks out there that have dealt with BrewJacket; do they have any online presence? I had emailed them a year ago when I got my unit, and there was an online community. Now the forums are missing, there is no email address on their site, their social media links are dead, their FB account...

That all makes sense. What would connecting it to a keg do? Just give it somewhere to push particles or just give extra space to blast with gas?

Howdy folks! I have a CO2 regulator. It was working fine. Got a new canister of gas. Now, with the regulator closed, the low pressure gauge slowly creeps up and maxes out. When fully disconnected it reads 0. This is with the regulator not connected to any kegs so there is no back pressure. I...