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going through an over carbonation issue as well. Will try this tonight

Thanks - I'll use the corrective calculator. I think the confusion came in because I wasn't clear on my initial post that the brix came from the refractometer and the FG came from a hydrometer. Also the bubbling is probably oxygen coming out after the cold crash. Luckily the beer didn't...

So that's weird. I took distilled water to calibrate the refractometer and it was barely off - 1 brix or less off of being zero. What would make the brix read 9 when the FG is 1.012? Even if the temp of the sample was too high/too low I wouldn't think it would be off that much.

sorry the refractometer says 9 brix and the hydrometer says 1.012. I will adjust the refractometer - which I typically use just to know if fermentation is done. I always use the hydrometer for FG. Thanks for the replies!

Sorry - typo 1.012 was the gravity with the hydrometer

Brix was 9 using a hydrometer reading it was 1.02

Now that it's warmed up the brix is back to 9 and it's not bubbling anymore. Will keg today.

I have an IPA that fermented for 12 days at 68F. The brix stayed at 9 for a couple days so I started cold crashing. After 1 1/2 days I pulled it out to keg and it was bubbling. I loosened the air lock to take a sample and it was at 8 brix. After putting airlock back it's still bubbling every 30...

I've done a batch with 1318 and I've now done a batch with US-04. Used the same recipe each time. The 1318 batch was by far better. Great aroma, juicy and very good. The US-04 batch had a good aroma but lacked the juiciness of the 1318 batch. Also on the finish I could detect a hint of...

Along the same lines, I'll be traveling this weekend with a 2 1/2 gallon keg in a regular cooler filled with ice. Would it hurt anything if I have a sodastream co2 in the cooler with the ice and keg?

I have a Miir stainless steel insulated growler. It's excellent at keeping beer fresh and cold. It has a swing top. The only thing is because the top of the growler is at a slant, it confuses people how to open it. If I did over I'd get one with a handle like the Stanley - easier for pouring.

I have one fermenting now with London III. I think I'll try the US-04 next time

Do you find this turns out as good as if you used London III or Burlington Ale yeast?

How's the aroma and flavor when you use US-04?

Going through the comments and deciding not to add the Amarillo to the pilsner - that's exactly what I was thinking of doing next - a blonde ale with amarillo :)

Thanks for the replies. Will probably leave as is since it's for a family get together. Maybe a hop tea to add to a glass or jug later to get an idea how it blends.

never. It's actually my first lager since I now have a chest freezer But I like to dabble and hoppy ales are my favorite. I don't mind if it doesn't taste like a classic pilsner but I don't want to ruin it.

I just made a 2.5 gallon batch of Czech Pilsner with Bohemian Pilsner Malt and some Carafoam using all Czech Saaz hop. I'm considering a small dry hop of Amarillo - maybe .25 - .5 oz. Thoughts on this? Would it blend nicely or could it ruin a good pilsner?

I agree, it's the bottling process. I would boil corn sugar in water, let it cool a little. I have a mr beer plastic fermenter with a spigot - I'd pour the corn sugar/water mixture into the mr beer fermenter then using the spigot on my stainless steel fermenter I'd connect a hose and fill the...

was trying to avoid bottle conditioning because I was getting an off-flavor on every brew. I don't get that with the keg. Seemed like oxidation. Before bottling/conditioning the beer would smell and taste great. During conditioning it would lose most of the fruit/flowery hop aroma/taste and...