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First time kegging, no time to bottle these days so I sprung for a setup. Missed my OG somehow only hit 1.043 (who knows how) and finished at 1.006 after 27 days in primary. Chilled it, and kegged it Sunday. I'm hopeful.

HOME BREW RECIPE: Title: Summer Pale Ale Author: KR Brew Method: Partial Mash Style Name: American Pale Ale Boil Time: 60 min Batch Size: 6 gallons (fermentor volume) Boil Size: 7 gallons Boil Gravity: 1.040 Efficiency: 75% (brew house) STATS: Original Gravity: 1.050 Final...

And, I have never use Hull Melon before. I have 4oz.

Appreciate the feedback. I have a starter going now, forgot to indicate in my recipe. I do have some Magnum on hand....

Whatcha think? HOME BREW RECIPE: Title: Summer Pale Ale Author: KR Brew Method: Partial Mash Style Name: American Pale Ale Boil Time: 60 min Batch Size: 6 gallons (fermentor volume) Boil Size: 7 gallons Boil Gravity: 1.040 Efficiency: 75% (brew house) STATS: Original Gravity...

Got some Vermont Ale Yeast from Yeast Bay 4L starter (2 steps 2/2) going now. I have a ****load of hops on hand. Overboard on the hops? Is there such a thing? I'm fired up for this one. Was planning on getting this bottled pretty quickly (17 days)...Ready to drink in total of about 4 weeks...

I've done a few PMs, and have used both the "dunk" and the "pour sparge water over bag" methods of sparging. What give me best efficiency/extraction? I am planning on mashing 7.5LBs of grain in 11.25qts/2.8 gallons water Sparge with roughly same amount (3 gallons). Am I better off...

I just did a stout and racked on top of lightly crushed (whacked them with a rolling pin...lightly) coffee beans in secondary. Came out great.

So what is the benefit of pitching at 1.0 VS .75? What will be the difference in my final product?

So let's go with 306B....Is there anything wrong with me doing a smaller (1L) as the 2nd step? I know it's probably not optimal, but just want to pitch the correct amount.

I've been using "high gravity" ale under target pitch rate. Too much?

I am planning on brewing a Heady-type IPA on New Years Day (Not a bad start to the year!) Target OG= 1.074 Batch size= 6 gallons in fermenter Yeast is The Yeast Bay's Vermont Ale Yeast http://www.theyeastbay.com/brewers-yeast-products/vermont-ale According to the site, vial contains...

If anyone is interested. WLP004 took my Oatmeal, Chocolate, Coffee Stout from 1.082 to 1.017 in less than 2 weeks. 3.5 gallon batch. Used 1 vial with 1L starter. I'm jazzed!

Got a starter going now for brew day Saturday. Will WLP004 get the job done here? Looking to get to 1.020 or lower here. Is that realistic? Should I target a lower OG? Any thoughts are appreciated. HOME BREW RECIPE: Title: Imperial Oatmeal Coffee Stout Author: KR Brew Method...

Thanks for the replies...I'm just gonna chalk it up to a WTF moment. Maybe the boil overs were much worst than I thought...Will check the keggle for leaks. All I know it: I threw in the 2L starter, and it took off like a rocket ship......had to add a blow off...So, there's a good amount of...

Re: Boil overs- Tough to say, mostly foam. I don't think I could have lost 2 gallons, could I?

RE: Honey- That's what I figured, I had the honey in warm water, so it runny. And should have disolved.

Grains were crushed! And I got a sweet wort out of the mash, no doubt. I aerated the wort with drill attachment, then sampled. Should have been mixed just fine.

Took all pre-boil readings with refractometer. Post- boil, I measured sample via refractometer & hydrometer. Both read low 1.040s. I topped up an absurd amount (2.5 gallons), but that 3 gallons should have had a ton of sugars in it. So, post top-up (5.5 gallons), reading was 1.042.

Yup. Trying to figure out how I went from 8.5 gallons at 1.044 to 3 gallons of 1.042.