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just bought this refractometer on sale from More Beer. Put some room temp. Distilled water on it and calibrated it. Had a beer ready for racking so I tested it and I got a reading of .025 but my hydrometer had .010 and the recipe called for a final gravity of .008. Rechecked calibration and...

Set up a range hood above my robobrew that is hooked up to my dryer outlet. Problem is that condensation is forming under the hood and dripping back into unit and on floor. Have to offset unit to avoid the water droplets but then hood isn’t as effective. Have fan on high. Any easy inexpensive...

Just brewed my 1st robobrew batch and my OG numbers were way off. Maybe someone can give me some advice on why. crushed at 050. 3lbs wheat 1lb 2-row 1lb golden promise 4oz cara-10 4oz carafoam 4oz rice hulls Mashed at 150* using recirculation pump for 60min. in 3 gallons of...

Made a 5 gallon batch of a wheat beer. Split it into 2 fementer buckets and added safale 06 to one and wyeast 3068 to the other to compare the 2 yeast flavors. Fermented at 72 and added half of a fermenter heat wrap for 2 days at the end on the safale batch. Tasted it today and it tastes...

I generally work with dry and in 3 gallon batches so I will only use half a pack of yeast and put back in fridge for later batch. Haven't had any issues doing this. Can the same thing be done with a liquid yeast? Planned on making a 5 gallon batch of wheat beer and splitting into to 2-2.5...

Made a sour using liquid lactic acid. Saw a post for a Berliner Weiss where probiotic capsules were used in the wort and kept at 100* for 48hrs. Question would be: since I don't have a way of keeping wort @ 100* for 48hrs, can Probiotic capsules be used after fermentation the same way as...

I ended up over souring my beer. Don't really know how I messed the calculations up. Can I offset some of the sour by dry hopping in the keg?thanks.

Have a 2 tap system with one commercial and one corney. Is there such a thing as a quick disconnect so I could make the commercial a second homebrew tap without having to pry lines off?

Attempted a sour using WLP644. Fermented for 18 days before moving to 2ndery. Now in 2ndery for 24 days and not getting any tart or sour. Does taste good but not what expected. Bought some lactic acid but wanted to ask questions before using. Will this give immediate sour taste or does it...

Have a 3gall. batch lagering in a fridge for 6 weeks. Need that space for something else but don't want to bottle yet since it's for Xmas. Can I just put it in my basement for another month(70* right now) or will that hurt it somehow? Thanks. Todd

I need to know how everyone is getting 70-80% eff. in BIAB. I was getting 55% w/ crushed grains from internet companies. Got a grain mill and run through at .025 and now I get 66%. This was my method for a 2.5 gallon w/ their crush: 2 gallons of water heated to desired temp., mash in kettle...

Just started kegging mostly so I could make shadys without the yeast eating the sugar. So, do I calculate my recipe so that the final batch(including juice) will be in my target range for OG(say 1.045). What I mean is my starting batch would be 3.75 gal @ 1.054 OG so that when I add 1 gallon...

Made a very tasty american pilsner 6 months ago Haven't had one in a couple months. Just opened one of the last ones and it was vinegary. Why would this happen? Thanks. Todd

Is this possible? Lots of foam but when it settles, it tastes flat. Todd

Converted an old 60/70's refrigerator to hold a sixth. Would like to have shelves on the opposite side to hold bottles. Problem is that the walls are only 1/16" thick so I don't know how to secure a plywood square to act as a shelf. 2nd problem is I overcarbonated my keg. Can I just release...

Anyone do this? Looking at kegging a wheat beer with a liqueur. When I normally pour a bottled beer, I add 1oz of liqueur so would I use the same formula if I poured it into the keg? Ounces of beer/ by 12 then add that many ounces of liqueur. Thanks. Todd

Last batch I made, I blew the airlock top off and sprayed beer all over. This batch ended up being a little more volume in the bucket so I decided to use a hose and bucket instead of the airlock. Problem is that I forgot to put water/sanitizer in the bucket. Nothing came out but I assume it...

Wondering if I add a liqueur to my beer and leaving it rack for a period of time, do I still add priming sugar at bottling time? Anyone tried this before?

I've got a window to make a batch of beer Mon. but the yeast won't here till Tues. Can I hold the wort in a fermenter for that long? If yes, how long can you go? Thanks. Todd

The last few batches I have made have had a slightly off to very off taste and I'm trying to figure out where it's coming from. How many times do you use a hop bag and do you thoroughly clean it or just wash it off with hot water? Have a large kettle but don't brew big enough to use a...