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After a 60 minute mash I checked the gravity with a refractometer. It was at 1.064 as opposed to a planned pre-boil of 1.068 so that is good enough for me. I pulled the grains and gave a moderate squeeze and started the boil for the imperial stout. I placed the grain bag in a small cooler and...

Waiting for my mash to finish so thought I might as well post this. The plan today is to brew two 1-gallon batches using the same grain bill; an imperial stout and a dry stout. The idea and recipes are from Mike Karnowski's book 'Homebrew beyond the basics'. I will brew the imperial stout...

My Conan in action. Weirdest fermentation I've ever seen. The airlock is chugging along nicely but I'm not getting my normal swirling and churning in the carboy. Those big chunks near the bottom are just suspended in the beer and the layer of yeast halfway up is just where the water level of my...

Nice. I have tried the method where you put some vinegar in a jar and then drop some washing up detergent into it. Works a treat sometimes but it's also possible to put too much detergent in which tips the buggers off. Just rigged up the trap from your link and already caught two of the little...

The West Coast attenuated too far for me, the Burton never cleared and was a bit Belgiumy and the Wheat didn't have much of a wheat character and left two batches under carbed in the bottles. The British made a nice bitter and a fantastic mild.

Yeah, I'm probably not going to sweat this one. It might be a bit on the sweet side as it was moderately hopped to begin with. I'm just glad the wasp didn't land in the wort when I whacked him with a cookbook. I'll give it a taste when it's time for bottling and if it's completely off I'll look...

Conan. Found a Finnish guy on a Swedish forum who managed to get his hands on some Heady Topper and harvested the yeast from the cans. Every time he cranks up a starter he skims some off and offers it around the community. Just checked my mail and four vials of Conan have turned up. Change...

So there I am chilling my wort in the kitchen sink, stirring away with the cold water flowing nicely out of the tap. It's been a smooth brew morning but I'm pushed for time. All under control though, I can chill for five more minutes, syphon over to fermenter, pitch the yeast and be on my way...

Spooky, I was just reading a blog about pitching rates. http://sciencebrewer.com/2012/03/02/pitching-rate-experiment-part-deux-results/ Does not answer the OP's question about alcohol and low FG though.

I think this is my favourite thing about 1G brewing; deciding on four brews for the month. If I was brewing bigger batches and only brewed once a month I think I'd have pretty heavy anxiety about settling on one recipe.

Love this idea. Just completed a 1-gallon batch in just under an hour. Steeped grains for 20 minutes while heating the rest of my water. Have just bought a stand-alone induction plate which has seriously reduced the time I had to wait for my lousy stove to heat and boil water. Water was already...

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I'd say you could make a dark mild or English bitter. 500g of DME will net you about 1.045 OG so maybe a bit too much for a mild but that's what I'd brew. 500g DME 50-80g Dark Crystal (depending on how much mouthfeel you like) 30-50 Chocolate Use brewing software to figure out much Fuggles to...

Tell him you dropped the bottle but the dog gave it two paws up.

I bake at home so I consider myself a master baker. I also like to argue at home so my wife calls me a master debater.

I think I know which guy you are talking about; he brews in his garage but obviously has to comply with all the regulations for brewing commercially. He also makes low alcohol beer which probably makes getting a licence easier. Getting licenced in Sweden is pretty tough I would imagine; Swedes...

Just in case anyone's interested in this yeast. Just bottled a basic pale ale using M44. OG 1.055 down to 1.011 in two weeks. Hydro sample tasted nice and clean, actually quite a dry bite to it. Flocs really well, beer was nice and clear going into the bottles. Washed the yeast and noticed that...

Did a one gallon brew with a pound of extra light DME, a handful of Amarillo and a packet of dry wheat beer yeast. Should have been undrinkable but turned out to be a damn good summer beer... shame that it's late Autumn.

Or just buy a bag from this guy, it will be top notch.