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Looks like 1.073 OG was assuming 75% efficiency but in reality you only had 50% efficiency, meaning you didn't extract as much sugar out of the grain as you potentially could have. Next step is to post your full process and hopefully someone can point out ways to help you improve. I use brew in...

Just a comment for anyone making small batches (2.5 gallon or less) and using liquid yeast. Make a 2 liter starter with 6oz honey and 1.8 liters of water plus the pouch/vial of yeast and leave it on the stir plate for 2 - 3 days. On "brew" day pour 1 liter into a sanitized jar and refrigerate...

My guess - the calculators are assuming you would get about 40 points per lb of Honey and fruit combined but you really only got 30 points per lb combined. I think the average lb of honey is supposed to give 35 - 40 points but I'm never surprised if I see less.

US-05 has a recommended fermentation temperature range of 15 to 24° C. Is it possible your fermentation bucket was stored WAY outside of that temp range in either direction? I'm not familiar with the term you used "airing cupboard" but find out what the usual temperature is in that cupboard. It...

Read both of your threads and these are my thoughts. You came close to reaching SG of 1.050 so maybe your mashing technique is good enough but try looking up videos on youtube for further tips and tricks to see if your process can be improved. You mentioned steeping in your first thread so I'm...

I'm new to brewing with only 5 extract kits under my belt so please read my questions as sincere and not condescending. I'm going through a phase of trying to modify existing extract kit recipes and learning what will work and why and how, etc. Why did you decide to add the cinnamon sticks to...

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Thank you for the detailed explanation! I'm just going to add instead of sub. I'm not a huge IPA fan but always keep an open mind, honey malt in IPA sounds interesting. Are there any commercial examples of this I should look out for and taste?

1 Gallon Golden Stout Recipe Kit from Craft A Brew: 3.75oz American Smoked Malt & Flaked Oat Blend - Specialty Grains 1.25lb Pilsen - DME 0.35oz Willamette Hops 0.20oz Goldings Hops 4oz Lactose 1.00oz Coffee Beans 1.00oz Cacao Nibs My intention is to substitute some Gambrinus honey malt into...

Thank you for the detailed response - much appreciated!

I'm new so please forgive me if this is completely obvious. 1 Gallon Golden Stout Recipe Kit from Craft A Brew: 3.75oz American Smoked Malt & Flaked Oat Blend - Specialty Grains 1.25lb Pilsen - DME 0.35oz Willamette Hops 0.20oz Goldings Hops 1.00oz Coffee Beans 1.00oz Cacao Nibs My intention...

Did you ever brew your KBS clone? I have tried and love both of these beers. KBS is significantly less sweet than CBS due to no maple syrup but both beers have that beautiful bourbon barrel aged sweetness that I love!

Thank you very much for this detailed explanation for why it's not an issue in this case, this will help me greatly in the future. Being a new brewer I wasn't exactly sure how to word my concern and you laid it out perfectly. I want to avoid bottles exploding in my closet!

Cheers and thanks!

I've been very curious about the Apex Flavors since reading about them in the Death By Coconut recipe clone thread - thank you! Forgive my beginners question here but do I need to adjust the amount of priming sugar if I plan on adding an Apex Flavor before bottling?