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I took the sample after adding ice to the wort but before shaking the bucket. I noticed the sample was much lighter in color than the wort but didn't think much of it until the reading later came in at 1.01. I am thinking it may have primarily consisted of water that melted off the ice. Is...

Thanks everyone. I can go forward with no worries.

Yeah, I guess ideally I would rack to a secondary to get it off the trub, but I don't think the timing will work out.

I would like to brew an LME Oktoberfest but if I do it this weekend it may have to be in primary for 4 weeks until I can bottle. Is this too long, and is there a max rule of thumb for leaving in a primary? I am going to try and keep a fan blowing on it and use the wet tshirt method of...

That is good to know because I don't want to increase the bitterness. I am shooting for something similar to a Sam Adams Oktoberfest. i also believe their ABV is around 5.7.

I just purchased a Trew Brew kit that uses LME and states the OG should be 1.04 to 1.042 with a FG of 1.01 to 1.012, which should be a little lighter ABV than I would like. I was wondering what everyone might suggest for ways to bump up the ABV to the mid 5's? I am guessing I need to...

I'm curious how these batches turned out as I just purchased a TB Oktoberfest kit for my 2nd batch. They mentioned it should turn out close to the Sam Adams Oktoberfest that I like so much.

I did a search on Brewcraft's Cream Ale kit that I just purchased for my 2nd batch and could not find much. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this kit? I am not sure I want to do a cream ale for my 2nd batch (1st was a First Born Pale Ale). I want to stick to an Ale extract...

Krausen means curly in German. I wonder if that is where the name comes from...

I was thinking 3/4 of a cup was 6oz? (8oz x .75)

My first batch was a First Born Pale Ale and I too only yielded 4 gallons after fermentation. I didn't think to decrease the 5oz of dextrose that I added during bottling and was worried that I might get bottle bombs. I just cracked open my 1st bottle yesterday after 7 days conditioning at room...

I am feeling better about putting 5oz of dextrose in my bottling bucket that only had 4 gallons of beer due to something I just read. In the Joy of Homebrewing, Charlie says to put 6oz of corn sugar for 5 gallons of beer. If you adjust that ratio for 4 gallons that would be using 4.8oz for 4...

I stirred the bottling bucket very carefully just a bit before I started bottling. Not sure is that one very brief stir keeps the sugar spread out evenly or if you should stir a few times throughout the bottling process which lasted 1+hrs?

I'm going to be bummed out if my batch turns out over carbonated. The recipe recommends room temp bottle conditioning for 7-10 days. If I start chilling the bottles at 7 days, is it possible that it might have less carbonation than waiting 10 days?

Thanks for the ABV calc link Conroe (I bookmarked it Pkeeler - I converted the Grolsch 16oz bottles into equivalent 12oz bottles to arrive at 42 equiv 12 oz bottles which should be 3.9 gallons. I used the 5oz packet that was in the kit but will reduce the size on my next batch based on...

So I did a search and found that it is not that uncommon to only rack approx 4 gallons from a 5 gallon batch if you stop siphoning about an inch above the sediment. I got 42 bottles out of my batch and unfortunately did not adjust the 5 oz of dextrose that I added to the bottling bucket. I...

I heard that some put Vodka in the Airlock and was wondering if using Vanilla flavored Vodka would be OK since that is all that I have? Has anyone tried Rum or Scotch before?

My local store has a video on their website that shows them putting ice into the wort to cool it down (just don't know if the water was boiled before it became ice). That was my plan for the ice. I figured that you are putting the ice from a RO system into boiling wort and any surface...

I bought some new ziploc plastic containers to freeze my ice that will be used to cool the wort to pitching temps. My question is, I washed these new containers and then put water in from my RO system and froze them. I did not sanitize them with odofor or anything, nor did I boil the water...

The Brew Craft kits at my LBS are all room temp on the shelf as well. The Warrior hops in the 2 kits I bought are all vacuum packed in the box.