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    Need help with low OG

    No dough balls. Added grain, then water. Stirred about every 15 min. Recirculated wort a couple of times between 30 and 60 min. Just can't figure this out. Maybe a longer mash next time? I'll figure it out by trial and error sooner or later. Thanks for your help. Sent from my iPhone using...
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    Need help with low OG

    Hydrometer / thermometer both work fine. Mashed in a rectangular cooler w/cylindrical braided screen. Prepped it prior to mash with 1 gallon boiling water, which was drained before conducting mash. Couldn't tell a good crush from a bad one just by looking at it. Maybe I need to pay more...
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    Need help with low OG

    Also, took hydrometer readings at 80 degrees and again at 72. Adjusted for temp both times. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew
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    Need help with low OG

    Crush was done at homebrew shop - Keystone in Montgomeryville, PA. No idea on that but trust they know what they're doing. Batch sparged with 3-gal 165 degree. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew
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    Need help with low OG

    Mashed 12 lbs today: 5 Maris Otter 5 Vienna 1 Victory 1 Crystal 80 Single infusion mash for 60 minutes. Started at 154; ended around 150. Collected 6.5 gallons; around 5.5 post boil (60 min). Brewers Friend app calculated OG at 1.065. But I only got to 1.045. What am I doing wrong? Is it...
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    Brewing with Kids?

    I thought Palmer said overboiling could release tannins that lead to off flavors(?). I'll have to hit that chapter up again for a refresher.
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    Brewing with Kids?

    LMAO - please repost your position on fries, etc. after you become a parent.
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    2013's How many gal of homebrew in 2013

    5 Amber Lager 5 Dubbel 50,634.5
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    Flavor addition(s) for amber lager

    Any ideas or recommendations? Fruit? Spice?Not going for anything in particular, but this batch will be ready around Christmas if that inspires anybody.
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    2013's How many gal of homebrew in 2013

    +5G Peppermint Stout = 47,557
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    Jaspers

    Anybody have experience ordering online from them?
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    My Introduction to Sours and a Visit to Heretic

    I like Monk's Flemish, Rodenbach, Duchess of Bourgogne, and Petrus Oud Bruin and Aged Pale - the latter was a bit over the top for me. Petrus and Monk's were available in a Sour Power variety pack I picked up on a whim. Not cheap - around $80. I'd see if you could pick up some singles at a...
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    Free beer for the best idea!

    If you're leaning towards dumping it, you might as well try adding something sweet to secondary to see how/if it makes the sour more tolerable. If it's a Dubbel, maybe some figs or plums? I'm enjoying a sour with spicy cheese and it's pretty tasty. What do you have to lose at this point?
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    2013's How many gal of homebrew in 2013

    5-gal Belgian Strong Ale 41,872
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    Kegging/bottling a shandy

    I know you prefer lemonade vs. lemonade flavor, but for what it's worth I had good success recently with these ratios of beer to Kool Aid lemonade mix added at priming sugar flameout. 1 gal = 1.375 teaspoons 2 gal = 2.75 3 gal = 4.125 4 gal = 5.5 5 gal = 6.875 In truth, I only did a 2-gal...
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    Highest ABV you've gotten with bread yeast

    Fermenting a mead using bread yeast. Currently at 12%. If it ferments all the way down as I expect, it should top out at around 17%.
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    Philly area Homebrewers

    Could you post some pics?
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    What are you drinking now?

    Southern Tier Harvest Ale. Waiting for my American Amber and Oktoberfest to come online. Countdown to Ecstasy...
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    What's in your fermenter(s)?

    5 - heather n' honey brown 5 - dunkelweizen gruit 1 - mead 1 - cider
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    2013's How many gal of homebrew in 2013

    5 - dunkelweizen gruit 38133
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