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@bcross Welcome! Something I do when I bottle is I use a few .5L soda (pop) bottles. As the beer conditions the bottle will get more firm. Feel a new bottle of soda before you open the next one to get an idea of the "firm" feeling. When the plastic bottles get "tight" put ONE in the fridge...

Yeah, make sure you "read the room" before jumping in for the event. I have lot's of friends that only drink beer, but beer to them is BMC brands and light beer at that. That said, I would certainly advocate giving homebrew a try for your selves, You probably have most everything needed to get...

I posted this in another thread; Yes, 2qt/liter can make a notable difference. Cheers, :mug: Joel B. (edit, @VikeMan beat me to it, LOL)

Go ahead and check your hydro with water and it should be pretty much "1.000" at a specific temp that should be stated with the hydro. (my cal temp is 68* F. or 20*C.) Then you know if there is any deviance with it. Also 2qt (1.89L.) difference from 5.0 gal to 5.50 gal (18.9L to 20.8L) can...

A very common error in measuring OG when adding H2o top off water is incomplete mixing of the wort after wards. You are on the right track with doing a accurate check of the volume markings. I remarked both my fermenter and bottling bucket as they were both off, 1 1/2 to 2 quarts. (or liters...

I would advise you do your first couple of batches as spec. Once every thing else works out you can fiddle with the recipe. I O.G. check each batch as a matter of habit for note taking and possible fault finding. Even though extract kits are hard to mess up with most every thing pre-measured...

The recipe reads 6.6lbs. LME, 2lbs DME. Might be old / mis-handled LME but if off flavor is in every batch it almost has to be process IMO. But I'm no expert. Have you made a batch with all or mostlyl LME? Cheers, :mug: Joel B.

Well I am sure the group can help you through this but some more info on your brewing process, (batch size,,ferment temps etc) recipes, beer styles, yeast and such. It helps if we know what you have going on. Cheers,:mug: Joel B.

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Some thing not yet mentioned, Research a low attenuating yeast. Just spit-balling here. Cheers, :mug: Joel B.

@ShadyKnollBrewery Next time remember to steep your grains in just water before adding extract. The grains will absorb water and if you have extract in that water you lose a percentage of your fermentables in the wet grain. Granted it may not be a lot but no sense losing any of it. You want all...

Hi all ! AS an extract brewer (+steeping grains usualy) I also run my recipies through BeerSmith 2. One thing that changes a lot is hop utilization with PLETO. (Partial boil. Late Extract addition, Top Off) Example: 3 gal boil, same hop additions at same time. (60 & 10 min). 6.5 lbs DME total...

Ha @pc_trott you are not foolish. It's a (stupid?) acronym I came up with. Partial boil, Late Extract addition, Top Off. We all need more an acronyms right? Cheers, :mug: Joel B. Edit, I tried to get steeping grains in there too some how but I couldn't make work. :rolleyes:

@TheAlien121 , I don't look at extract as just training wheels. I have no qualms that I "could" do AG, I just don't feel I "need" to make that step. Sure, a lot of newbies start with (extract) and move on to bigger and better (?) ways to brew. Some of us still like a quick, no fuss brew day and...

I look a brewing as 5 basic steps. 1. Equipment Set up / prep 2. Wort prep 3. Boil 4. Fermentation 5. Package Oh yeah I guess 6, ENJOY the above work. There are many branches off each of the above. Extract makes the first 2 less time consuming and arguably less expensive. also less complicated...

Brewing with extract now is not like it was years ago when I started. I still use extract using "PLETO". (Partial boil, Late Extract addition, Top Off water. I want to be part of the acronm world too) :cool: I think that one thing that is being pushed is that AG/BIAB "needs" to be a "next...

Hi all, So what you folks are saying is that even if I could do full boil extract, it would be better to do partial, late addition extract and top off? (we need an acronym, I'm going with "PLETO". Your saw it here first) :ban: I do PLETO now and quite happy with the method but strangely enough...

Just a thought. While you are waiting a day or two, go ahead and double check your thermometers and hydrometer. Never know, might find an error. Just worth a check. Cheers, :mug: Joel B.

@mamacym I for got to add that no matter what direction you chose to go,(as in extract, mini-mash,, all grain or variations thereof) keep your first couple of brews simple styles. Get through the basics with , let's say a pale/amber ale "kit" ( kit = most, if not all ingredients in one box). It...

@mamacym Welcome ! You made a wise first step by asking questions first. Lots of us just jumped in without doing much research or when we started there wasn't as much material out there. Any of the books mentioned are good ones, I think Charlie P's books are great, lot's of basic stuff in...