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Mashed with 2.5 gallons and sparged with 1.5 gallons at 165 degrees and used about 11lbs of grain. The boil really evaporated the wort. I had to add about 3gallons to fill the fermentor to 5 gallons. Mash time was 30 minutes,maybe I need to mash longer(60 min.?)

Measuring was simple with the 1 lb bags and a digital scale. I had the grains and brew pot in my oven steeping for 30 minutes at ~153 degrees.

I added about 3 to 3.5 gallons of water to top off the fermentor bucket to get 5 gallons. I don't know how to adjust the hydrometer. To test,I just put it in plain water@ room temp and got 1.00 .(this is a hydrometer bought at a pet store for fish) I added the maltodextrin because I read that...

After following this recipe I found for banana bread beer,my OG was only 1.033@79 degrees. The wort went into the fermenter on Thursday midnight and the next morning had a good pressure difference in the double airlock but evened out on Saturday morning. I boiled 4 cups of water with 8 oz of...

I used Wyeast 3638. My temp ranges from 68-72 as my recipe calls for.

I just brewed a Franziskaner clone on Saturday and its in the bucket fermenting. The air lock had a good pressure yesterday but evened out today. I just put a sanitized tube connected to an air pump in the bucket for a few minutes thinking its under oxygenated(I stirred it vigorously for 15...

Thanks,poured a glass(still needs to be carbonated more) and found still cloudy which i think time will clear up a bit,good smelling beer. I followed the recipe exactly but replaced 1 lemon zest for 1 orange. So far it tastes a little like a Hoegaarden/Bluemoon mix. Thank you for sharing.

ok,mine is in the corny keg getting carbonated. Can anyone tell me what my alcohol content is? I first brewed 2 sundays ago but didnt have a hydrometer till tuesday. My "og" on tuesday was 1.035 @63 degrees and my fg was 1.012 @72 degrees. I know this isn't actual alcohol but rather a minimum...

OK,bought a hydrometer and got a reading of 1.032 on Tue. evening (brewed Sun. afternoon), too bad I couldn't read the OG from the start.

Looked under my bucket lid and seen krausen,smells good too. Other than taking gravity samples, is it safe to say as long as there's krausen everything is ok? Should I aerate it (with O2 from a bottle tubing and diffuser stone-all sanitized)to be safe?

I can't check gravity, the hydrometer I had didn't work,I should have checked it earlier.

I'm using a bucket,temp is 68,using wyeast 3944. I'll take a look when I get home,thanks for the quick responses.

I brewed this recipe on Sunday and as of this morning(Tuesday) the double air lock isn't bubbling put shows signs of pressure because the water levels are about a half inch apart. Is my wort under aerated?

Thank you very much!!

Does anyone know where I can get a small(5-10lb) tank filled with beergas on Staten Island?

Thank you for the quick response! Ordering supplies today, my basement is averaging 62-66 degrees F so its good for fermentation.

Unibrow,I'm getting ready to make this per your recipe but I have a question.The "3 LB of light wheat DME" in your begin broiling section is of any particular brand? Also this was not listed on the grain ingredients or is the light wheat DME totally separate? Thanks for the recipe and any...

Does anyone have an extract recipe for Caffrey"s Irish Ale? Thanks.

I'm fairly new to brewing and have a question about nitrogen or beer gas for a Hoegaarden clone. I love the smoothness of Boddington's and Guinness but I love the taste of Hoegaarden. Is nitrogen viable for this? Will it change the taste? Any help is appreciated.