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I mashed for about 45 minutes, but I recalculated the extract amounts after checking the real og of the wort from the mash. So is an extract issue. I diluted my extract in about 3 liters of water, and put in the fermenter, then added the cooled wort and topped up to 23 liters. Boiled the...

Seems possible. I didn't take an OG reading for the wort made with the extracts, wich I brieflyboiled separately, so yours could be a solution. Unfortunately I think I can't get an answer til next brewing session. I will certainly mesure the extract wort in order to obtain certainly correct values

Yes, temperature was right, 20° C. I even thought about en error in reading or calibration of my densimeter, but 8 points seems to much for me.

You can replace Maris Otter syrup with grains, mash them with the caramalt (154 F temp), and see the OG you achieve. One and half quart per pound means you could mash up to 10 pounds grains, boiling 15 quarts. Given a 75% efficiency, you will only need 5 pounds Maris Otter to achieve your OG. I...

Ciao a tutti, i'm Nuccio and i'm from Italy (born in Sicily, live in Rome). Read a lot of useful things around here for a while, now it's time to partecipate. I'm going to bottle my second batch tomorrow, it's an English style special bitter, partial-mash method. By the way, thanks for your...

Decided to make a very english beer, than thought of one of the most english things around, The Beatles. Took the name and design from the cover of their album "Meet the Beatles", as it went out in the United States. So the name became "Meet the Bitter!"

Hi all, I'm new here and new at homebrewing. Made my first batch in partial mash about two weeks ago (second total batch, first was an extract kit). Made a bitter, i'm going to bottle tomorrow, seems good, but something strange happened when brewing, so here's my question. This was the...