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After 12 days in the secondary the specific gravity actually went down all the way to 1.01 giving approximately 4.2% alcohol by vol. I bottled the beer and added carb tablets to carbonate. After a week I opened the first bottle and the beer was absolutely flat. Should I leave it for another week...

Thanks guys for all the input. FYI: I just racked the brown ale into the secondary. It spent 8 days in the primary and it showed no fermentation activity at all. I measured the FG to be 1.023 (OG: 1.042), which is about 2.5% alcohol by Vol. I know this FG is high, the interesting observation...

Yes, these are all grains except for the LME. thanks

I brewed a brown ale calling for the following ingredients: - 2 lbs pale ale malt - 2 lbs amber malt - 0.5 lb crystal 60L malt - 0.25 lb chocolate malt - 4 lbs pale LME When I went to the brew store they did not have amber malt and gave me Brown malt instead, telling me that it would...

I'm modifying my fridge and I still have not decided if I should drilled an extra hole on the back for the gas line or if I should just leave the gas tank inside. what are the advantages and disadvantages of having the gas tank in or out?:mug: If humidity is high inside, would corrosion of the...

This question is for home brewers in Austin, TX. I just moved to Austin and would like to know if the city's tap water is good for home brewing. Any ideas or comments?? if not what water available in the stores do you recommend? Thanks...