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I was just racking to my bottling bucket after a 3 week primary, and saw these little guys: I'm assuming they're yeasts having a good ol' time. The thing is, my SG has been at 1.009 forever. Are they fermenting something? Am I worried? The hydrometer sample doesn't have anything...

Are there any drawbacks to separately boiling hops and wort? For instance, for 1 grain, I could boil 1 gallon of water for an hour, just adding hops according to my hop schedule. End up with .5 gallons of hop tea that should have the correct proportion of bitterness, flavor, aroma. With a...

Opened it up for a hydro sample, 1.009. Of course I had to see how the flavors were coming along, and I must say I think I backed into a pretty tasty brew here! Going to be a tough one to recreate though. 1) Fill mash tun, tip it, scrape up as much grain as you can. 2) Strike too hot, and...

My friend just brewed up 5 gallons. 2595 + 5 = 2600

Well, judging by the airlock activity, the yeast certainly think it is a tasty brew!

1.061 SG. It will be beer.

The 1.055 reading was actually 1.050 at 95 degrees.

Ok, I added the 2.5lbs light DME a bit before the boil began, and 20 mins into the boil I'm at 1.055. Looks like I should turn out ok.

1.042 is the calibrated value for room temperature - the hydrometer read 1.022 at 150 degrees. The wort hasn't reached a boil yet.

Mash Tun tipped while waiting for the mash water to heat, and I lost a bit of grain. I also forgot to wrap it in a blanket, so I seem to have lost a good bit of heat during the mash. I'm starting my boil now, and I'm sitting at 1.022 at 150 degrees, for an estimated 1.042 SG. I have .5 lbs of...

Unfortunately the only other grain I have around is .5lb of crystal 10. LHBS is closed tomorrow.

Well, I picked up all the ingredients. Since the Centennial Blonde requires 7lbs of 2row, I only have 13lbs left over for mine. The OG was creeping kind of low, so I'm going to keep the CaraPils/Dextrine. That should add some "body" without adding the sweeter notes of, say, a crystal, right...

Going to be brewing this at the same time as a centennial blonde, so I'm stealing the leftover specialties for mine. It upped the color a bit. I also doubled the 5 minute cascade. Planning to get ingredients tomorrow for a brew this weekend. Aside: Is it possible to get the sexy-looking...

I checked this link out - I'm assuming I need to look at the "Plastic Water Bottles" pros and cons. Does this just mean I need to make sure I'm using # 1 or 2 plastic? The water I buy comes in the 1 gallon milk-type jugs, but I'm thinking this link is talking about the larger, 5-gallon...

Hi, I've been doing a little bit of brewing and a whole lot of reading. So far I've done a partial mash kit of my own, and helped a buddy with an all grain recipe (though I didn't actually look at his recipe, I was just helping while he ran the show). The SMaSH concept looks really...

I was actually shooting for more of a yellow color with this one. Think Racer 5, or perhaps Green Flash West Coast. Will 5.7 be even lighter than these? I could switch to a 40L to give it a bit more color. I don't mind "body". However, there is a distinct aftertaste that I get in some IPAs...

Hi, My wife got me a homebrew kit for Christmas. It came with a partial mash kit (some specialty grains to steep), and I brewed it a friend's house. At the same time, he did an all grain recipe, and I think I will jump straight into that. I have seen a lot of nice recipes on here, and I...