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    gusher bug v. overcarb v. fermentation issue?

    Well i mashed too high, 170, so i figured lots of unfermentables in there and FG was not going to be close. Based on checking grabity, moving to a warmer spot, shaking blah blah, pretty sure ferment was done. Ill let em sit a while Thanks
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    gusher bug v. overcarb v. fermentation issue?

    I have a cal common . First all grain & botched everything, but a good learner.. Bottled after 5 weeks and was holding steady at 1.030 for 4 days. Over primed a few grams because I wanted a bit more of a fizz. had a bottle bomb (my first) after a hot spell. Moved bottles to a cooler place...
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    broke the top of the hydrometer off....now what?

    Duh!!! Its the last series of readings for fermentation versus the og / fg for attenuation purposes. Thanks.
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    broke the top of the hydrometer off....now what?

    1. Is it usable? I am guessing not as it would not calibrate to water. 2. It is my first belgian dubble and was an extract kit. how am i gonna know when its done. I am guessing to just let it ferment for 4 weeks at 75 (yeast happy place) and see what happens. Id go with the recipe OG but i...
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    Flat first brew

    Cool. Having not seen the carb process before, didnt know if it was a gradual increase or one day magical bubbles appear. Ill sit on it for a while, drink it in the meantime and observe what happens. Thanks!
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    Flat first brew

    issue is at 4 weeks in the 24oz bottles my first beer, a full extract kit red ale, is flatish. I am about to bottle a porter and dont want to make the same mistake twice. (1) flatish. I can swirl it and get some residual head in the glass but there is no effervescence in the beer itself...
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