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Hey HBT, I have a question about my Johnson A419. Yesterday i brewed a double ipa (10 gallon), 18.5 Platos, and cooled it to 69 degrees via my heat exchanger. I set my temp controller to 68deg F. the controller is set up as follows, SP - 68 dif - 1 ASd - 0 ofs - 0 sf - 0 when i...

Hey HBT, got a fairly complex question here. I've completed 10 brews now. Mostly IPA's, APAs, (2) porters, and one Hefe. I'm hitting great flavor combinations, and that's not main concern. But I am noticing a bit of a trend, that my brews are not attenuating to my desired FG's. I've only had...

Hey HBT, tomorrow afternoon im brewing my first Wheat beer, and today i made up a 2L starter using Wyeast 3068. Ive made multiple starters in the past, but never worked with German Yeast Strands. I pitched the starter in an about 70 degree yeast starter, at about 2:45 this afternoon on a...

So I'm brewing my first black IPA/ Cascadian Ale (call it what you want) this weekend. My grain bill is fairly simple, 90 percent pale malt, 5 percent Carafa III, and 5 percent Caramunich. I plan on bittering with Chinook, and aroma,flavor and dry hopping with Simcoe and falconers flight. My...

Hey HBT, I brewed a Hugh gravity IPA, 1.074. Today is day 8 in the primary, I just took a gravity reading, and the beer is at 1.020, I was hoping to get down to 1.013-2. I am still getting some action in my airlock, about 12 bubbles per minute, however I do know that this isn't the most...

Hey HBT, My brothers and are new to the home brewing scene and have been running into some issues with cold fermentation temps. With the colder weather upon us in Northern California,(insert Winter is coming meme Here) our ideal fermentation location is dropping to around 60-62 degrees. I've...

Hey HBT, My brothers and are new to the home brewing scene and have been running into some issues with cold fermentation temps. With the colder weather upon us in Northern California,(insert Winter is coming meme Here) our ideal fermentation location is dropping to around 60-62 degrees. I've...

Hey HBT, I got a quick question. So our second homebrew batch hit the two week mark in the primary fermenter. I took a Hydrometer reading and was suprised to see that the hydro was still reading 1.030, the OG was 1.071. My brother and I are planning on racking to a second fermenter, and...

Hey everyone, So my brothers and I are new to the home brewing scene and have just completed our second all grain brew. I have a question about original gravity and when to take my reading. Should the reading be taken just after sparging or post boil? For our most recent brew we planned on...