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Thank you for your answer. It was no extract, it was AG. I raised the temp after 5 days (I usally do this), and swirled it after 10 days (I took a reading showing 1.022 which prompted me to swirl it). After 12 days I took a reading and it still showed 1.022. It might just be because all of the...

Sorry for hijacking your thread but it seemed unnecessary to create a new one as I have a similar problem. I recently brewed http://howtobrew.com/book/section-2/steeping-specialty-grains/example-batch and landed on 1.022, however the recipe calls for 14.3 % special malts (5.7 crystal 60, 5.7...

Would a 60 min boil work fine?

Hello, I would like to try an APA using Amarillo and Chinook. I don't have so many brews under my belt, so I thought I could you ask you guys for suggestions. Should I keep the malt bill clean? I have MO/Pilsner/Munich/Vienna/Cara pils/Biscuit/Crystal (56 °L)/Chocolate malt available. In...

Thank you so much everyone! If I want to use it primary, then how do I calculate the starter size? Online calculators such as mrmalty don't let you enter the initial cell count (which is as much lower for brett yeast).

Oh.. 2 years.. I was thinking something like 3 months. Hehe. Would it be faster if I use brett in the primary instead, either my mixing it with Sac or using only brett?

Hello! I've decided to try brett in my next brew. My plan is to ferment with regular yeast, then add brett to secondary. Since I only have one refrigerator dedicated for brewing, and brett, as far as I understand it, takes a couple of months to finish, I rather not use the fridge during the...

Update: I checked SG again today, and it's still 1.016. I will increase the temp to 21 °C and take another reading tomorrow or the day after. If nothing has changed, I will assume that it is done. Now, IF it's not done, and the real FG is 1.016, would I risk bottle bombs if I prime it with sugar...

Thank you so much everyone. I usually don't do secondary, but this time I wanted to do it because I dumped all the kettle trub (total volume in fermentor is 12.5 liters of which yeast and trub accounts for 1 liter), so I thought it might be a little too cloudy. But since I will use gelatine...

Thank you. Yes I realize the temperature might have been a little bit too low. My mash temp was 66 °C. I will raise the temperature and wait for few more days and see if it changes. I rather not stir/swirl if I don't have to.

Checked my FG after 7, 9 and 10 days of fermentation and it is supposed to be 1.013 but it reads 1.016. I've used S 04 yeast. Fermented at 62.6 F (17 C). Malt bill: MO - 95,8 % Cara pils - 2% Crystal - 1.2% Should I wait one more week before transferring to secondary? I really want to do a...

Thanks, I tried this yesterday (24h after bottling) on one bottle but there were barely any CO2 in the bottle yet, just a tiny hiss. I guess the fermentation has not really started yet. I will try again today and see what happens.

Hello! I primed my Kolsch 4 volumes of CO2 by mistake. I was intending to use 3 volumes. Is it possible to "fix" this by opening the bottles and recapping to release some pressure? How long should I wait before doing this? I am concerned that my bottles will explode! Is it possible to recap...

@Yooper: Thank you!

I ended up doing as you suggested. Thank you!

Hello! I have a Kölsch fermentating as of today! I would like to brew a pilsner aswell, but I only have one refrigrirator and the Kölsch is fermenting at 18 °C (WLP029) so the temperature is not low enough for a pilsner. Would be OK if I bottled my Kölsch in about two weeks, let it...

Thanks. I ended up doing exactly that ;)

@NoIguanaForZ: Thank you. I will do as you suggest: Keep the hop additions exactly as in the recipe, but add enough magnum @60 min to bring the IBU to the target!

@Photopilot: I got them from my LHBS, (I live in Sweden). @NoIguanaForZ: It's german magnum. Thank you for your answers! Maybe another approach could be to do this strictly mathematically? The idea is to bring up the %AA to the level of the original hop bill by adding magnum to all of my...

Hello, I was planning on doing a kölsch (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=33548) which requires Perle and Tettnanger. In the recipe the Perle had an %AA of 7.4 and Tettn. had an %AA of 4.4. However, the hops that I bought has %AA of 3.4 (Perle) and 2.1 (Tettn.), meaning I have to...