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For some strange reason I cannot get a 75% efficiency, my best close to 70%. I have a square cooler box mash tun. My last two was 50 and 60%. I am doing batch sparging. My grains are milled by a brewer, so I think that is not the problem. My last mashing was done at 66C (150F) constantly for an...

So this is my 7th batch all grain. I made so many mistakes; my hand touched the beer (unsanitized) etc. The batch was brewed the 16th June 2014, 1.052 and today is at 1.008. Is the stuff floating just hops/yeasties ? It has a very alcoholic smell and is very bitter. Should I wait another...

This was my 5th all grain batch. The first four had no problems. But this one I tried new things - chilled my wort with a counter flow kind of chiller and threw in harvested yeast. Everything went well, hit all my marks. I brewed it 13th Friday December, my luck! It's been longer than 2...

Hello fellow brewers! I tried to search for something like this but could find nothing. I brewed an all grain Coffee Stout. Was in primary for 3 weeks, secondary 1 week and in the bottle @70F for 3 weeks. I put it in the fridge the morning and drank it the night, AMAZING but kind of flat? The...

Hello guys! Had a great brew yesterday, even had 71% efficiency on my third All Grain batch. I made a Brown Ale with brown sugar. I thought if i just dump it in the boiler it would dissolve but it didn't. My target OG was 1.051 and I only reached 1.046... Should I leave it or should I dissolve...

This was my second batch all grain! A Coffee Chocolate Stout. It has been in Primary for 2 weeks and 3 days! (First) Final Gravity reading was around 1.016 and the recipe called for 1.018... Is that good or bad?

Hello guys! This is my new brew day recipe? How does it look?? Any help will be great Chocolate Coffee Stout Original Gravity: 1.066 Final Gravity: 1.018 ABV (standard): 6.23% IBU (tinseth): 36.87 SRM (morey): 40 Fermentables 5 kg (11lbs) - Pale 2-Row 38 2.5 75.8% 0.3 kg...

Hello Guys I am new to the brew thing! Fist batch of English Ale tasted good! Please help with this recipe?? 11 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) 0.88 lb Roasted Barley Grain 0.66 lb Special B Malt Grain 0.66 lb Chocolate Malt Grain 0.66 lb Coffee Malt Grain 0.2 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine...

Hello guys! Tested my first glass after 12 days! Here is the recipe and a photo.. What do you think??? 0.3 kg Crystal 140L (0.6 lbs) 5 kg Pale 2-Row (11lbs) Hops 20 g Northern Brewer Pellet @ 60 min (0.7 oz) 10 g East Kent Goldings Pellet @ 60 min (0.35 oz) 15 g Northern...

Hello! I have been in primary fermentation for 4 days. No airlock activity and I am a little worried. Someone said I need to open it to see what is going on in there. Please take a look at the photo... It is winter and it fermented at 14C/58F. I am trying to get the temp up.

Hello! I am new to the forum and a new brewer! Started out with a crappy recipe that I received from someone or somewhere because the ingredients were readily available. It is busy fermenting (3 days) at about 14 degrees (58F). Is this too cold? Nothing came with the recipe... But here is the...