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Just pitched and put in the dark. Any thoughts?

About a month ago I did the first round of this big stout I'm setting out to perfect. The first batch is settling in secondary now. This weekend or the next I will go for round two. Due to some helpful criticism on the last one, I already have a couple recipe alterations in mind. I will post the...

Brewed last night, bubbling away right now. O.G. 1.106 Ingredients: 6 gallons distiller water 15mL (1tbs) calcium hypochlorite 1 oz whirlfloc tablet 12lbs light liquid malt extract 1lb Briess dry malt extract, dark 2oz Columbus hops 2oz chinook hops 2 1056 (American Ale) wyeast packs 2lbs...

Just finished up the brew day, third beer I'll have done- partial mash honey cream ale with vanilla and pecan. The sample is incredibly cloudy with particulate matter which I'm sure is to be expected. I'm wondering, though- could this particulate matter be throwing off my OG reading? It...

I have a robust porter on its fifth day of second ferment right now, using a 5 gallon carboy. I grated down a whole small coconut, roasted golden brown, stuffed in a muslin sack, and threw it in the secondary alongside an ounce of cascade hops. The hops and coconut have soaked up probably over...