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    To pitch or not to pitch?

    It was at 65F for 24 hours. After your recommendation to bring it back upstairs I brought it up. The temperature upstairs ranged from 76 during the day to 72 overnight. Total time until I cold crashed it was 52 hours. In the past I've made my starters Friday morning, brewed saturday, cold...
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    To pitch or not to pitch?

    Yes I pitched it. I also added my 3rd pack just to be safe. No starter for it just let it swell for 8 hours and pitched. I would say I had maybe 0.5l of good slurry. Not as much as I've had in the past tho. Hydrometer
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    To pitch or not to pitch?

    All 3 packs were dated Jun 6th, 2018
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    Step mashing technique using electric HERMS

    I like that idea I think I will try that in a couple weeks when I brew again. Funny, that seems so simple but never even crossed my mind!
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    To pitch or not to pitch?

    So I ended up just cold crashing my starter after 52 hours. I left it for 24 hours in the fridge and just took it out and measured the FG of the beer at 1.023, compensating for temperature of course. So why are my numbers so far off from your estimate and what can I do about it? I have a...
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    Step mashing technique using electric HERMS

    Thanks a lot for your input. With my setup do you think I would benefit from a maltodextrin addition? Or is there anything else I can do to increase body?
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    Step mashing technique using electric HERMS

    I cant really move it as id have a hole in my pot. but i could simply add another one and not use the old one anymore, but I dont think that is causing me much grief really. My system uses a 25ft copper coil and has to sit in 8gal on water in order to be fully covered. This is probably the...
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    Step mashing technique using electric HERMS

    Yeah that's one mistake I made with my fabrication. I put the RTD for the mash tun in the mash tun and not on the inlet. It took me a few brews early on to figure out how to compensate. But basically I can brew with just the hlt temp. I've learned over time what the mash is doing based on...
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    Step mashing technique using electric HERMS

    No, I've found that my hlt at about 3 degrees warmer than my mash holds the mash perfectly. So my controller when set to 155 in my mash tun controls my hlt to about 158. That being said I see your point. With a higher hlt temp i could control the mash temp by varying flow rate and with higher...
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    Step mashing technique using electric HERMS

    Hello, My current Brew setup consists of 3 20gal pots with electric heaters and Herms coil. With my setup when i step mash, it takes considerable time to increase the temp of my wort between steps. I have only done rests at 122 for protein rest so far and it takes me about 45 mins to raise...
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    To pitch or not to pitch?

    I use a hydrometer for SG readings. What SG would I be looking for in my starter? It's coming up on 48 hours on the stir plate. 24 hours at 65F then 24 hours at 72 to 76F. I have already brewed and my wort it currently in a fridge at pitching temp. I've left wort sitting around for a few...
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    To pitch or not to pitch?

    Thanks for the replies. How long should I wait before cold crashing? And do you think I should bring it back upstairs at 72F? It's a 14gal batch
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    To pitch or not to pitch?

    Hi all, Yesterday I made a 4L yeast starter with 2 smack packs of 3068 for my Hefe I brewed today. I have had absolutely no activity in my starter. From what Ive read this yeast is very active. The packs swelled up big and my starter and yeast were both at room temp before pitching which was...
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    Need advice quick!

    I ended up boiling for 160min and had approx 1 gallon less than I should have by the time my OG got to where it was supposed to be. No big deal in the end I suppose
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    Need advice quick!

    I decided I am going to go 1.5gal above desired pre-boil volume and boil for as long as it takes to get my OG up. probably 180 min boil today...
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    Need advice quick!

    I am brewing a Belgian Wheat today and I got distracted during my sparge and sparged with 5 gal more than I needed. Not sure what to do now. Should I put an extra few gallons on the BK and just boil for longer? Is it bad to boil for 3 hours plus?...I could also add DME I suppose. Whats my...
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    Belgian Dark Strong Ale Rochefort 8 clone (as close as you can get)!

    Well I figured it was about 72%. But Id like to know when exactly are you supposed to add the sugar? I have never brewed with sugar before
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    Belgian Dark Strong Ale Rochefort 8 clone (as close as you can get)!

    Does anyone know the Brewhouse efficiency this recipe was intended for? Id like to undertake this recipe this weekend and it would be nice to adjust for my system.
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    Mash thickness question

    My false bottom is higher than I thought, it's 2.3" tall. What I don't understand is I've hit my target OG both times within 0.001. I'm not really sure how you can achieve your target OG without compensating with dme or water if you fall short of your pre-boil gravity? Any thoughts? Sent...
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    Mash thickness question

    Ok makes sense, I'm not sure where I confused the definition. How does the dead space affect the mash efficiency or the total efficiency? One would have to compensate with extra strike water and then less sparge water to account for this. I have been falling short of my pre-boil gravities by...
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