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Kegged it last night, didn't measure FG (didn't measure OG either), but its pretty boozy. Slight hint of hop burn that will likely fade over the week while I let it carb. I used a depth charge hop spider inside my big mouth bubbler, and noted that all the hops were clumped toward the top of...

@beren I'm going to duplicate my brew with different water, split into 2 FVs, then pull one when I normally would, and let the other rest an additional week. I feel like this will accomplish two "test scenarios" at once.

I'm pulling the beer off the yeast after 24 hours of FG stability (when I do transfer).

How many days has it been doing "nothing"? I'm guessing you opened the keg to pull gravity from it - Did you put the spunding valve back on afterward? I've seen mine lift back to 10-12 psi over a few days, letting me know that there is some slow fermenting going on...

@refect The batch in the keezer is the Lawnmower Ale from Great Fermentations. Grain bill: 7½ lbs 2-Row Brewers Malt, 1 lb Flaked Rice, 1oz Mt Hood hops for 60. Yeast: I used Voss Kveik for this one, only because I wanted to see how fast I could turn it around (its a $15 batch). Surely not...

@refect All good questions, I'll try to answer them. I'm using a Vevor electric brewing kettle, basically a grainfather clone. No basket, so I'm doing BIAB. Prep strike water at full volume (typically 7.22 gals) and heat to 156-162 (depending on grain bill) which lands me at 148-156 after...

Could it possibly be a "warm ferment"? I have fermented with kveik at 90°+, but my ferment room is typically a steady 65°F....

@rburrelli you're correct, no wheat.

@bestcoast @tracer bullet sorry I didn't mention that, yes, I am using campden tabs for each batch. I don't have a chlorine number, but the county water report has a very low ppm count, don't recall at the moment, but I AM treating just in case.

@refect The lawnmower kit was fresh grains that Great Fermentations crushed for me. The next brew I made was the Brickwarmer Holiday Red AG all grain from Northern Brewer, again, new grains (I assume), and although they were crushed at NB, i ran them thru my mill set at .032". The next brew...

Would the same flavor apply to 3 different types of yeast? (Kviek, US-05, WLP904) - They ALL taste the same. Curious...

I like it. I have 9 taps in the garage, 3 in a 7cf keezer, and 6 in a 20cf keezer. The 20 footer will hold 12 five gal kegs on the floor and 3 minis on the hump, but I keep 1 liter bottles on the hump

H8 please. Thanks for doing this!!

I have done basically this - Food Lion had 32 gallons of distilled water on "closeout", so I bought them all - that's enough for 4 batches. I'm going to re-brew a lawnmower ale AG kit I got from Great Fermentations, simply because it cost $16, AND I want to find a cheap "go to" summer time...

I just tried Brewfather and see that it does indeed have automated salt additions!

I haven't tried Beer smith yet, I do use the brewers friend calculator to get an idea of additions. I have the Bru'n water XL, but I haven't got the hang of it yet and I'm an excel nerd - I thought it would be more "automated" I suppose. What I would love to see is a water profiler that DOES...

I threw 5 gallons in the FV last night. Sanitized everything, 6 lbs of DME, 2 lbs turbinado, with a pack of US-05 (I thought i had s-04 in the fridge, but it was gone!). Fermenting at 68F - if I see any sign of activity tonight (24 hours), I'll add the 6oz of hops as per the original recipe...

My ward labs kit is arriving tonight. Thanks!

Yes, I maintain at 65°F (unless I'm using kveik). Also use campden tablet in the strike water. After a thousand more Google searches, I think my problem is the water softener... "If your homebrew consistently tastes like wheat beer even when using different recipes, the most likely culprit...