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So... stupid idea? I'm going to start a new batch, and want to be better about hitting my OG (last one was low). Would it make sense to take a hydro reading during the boil to so I can adjust by adding water or boiling off to hit the target? I have a floating hydrometer... would that jack it up...

Hi All, So I just got my 3rd kit in the mail today... it's Midwest Supplies' Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone extract kit. I'm modifying the recipe to follow the recipe that was posted on Northern Brewer that they got from the Sierra Nevada brew master. One question though. It calls for 2oz...

So my extract recipe called for 3 gallon (midwest supplies) boil, but from the Palmer book I saw that using as much water as you can up to ~6gal is best, so that's what I did. Only I didn't realize that I needed to adjust the hops so that the level of utilization would be correct... it was 1oz...

Hi fellow imbibers of the fermented grain! I'm a new homebrewer living in the Boston area. I grew up in Michigan, lived in N Cali for ~6 years (not a bad place for beer) and just moved to New England last year (not a bad place either). I have a pretty basic set up... 7.5 gal kettle, immersion...