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Is it just me, or are the ABV calculations on the Grainfather site just plain wrong? Full disclosure: total noob, so it's probably me. But this recipe of mine for example: https://community.grainfather.com/recipes/513089 I'm using Mangrove Jacks M44 yeast there, with 81% attenuation entered...

Yes, it was 1.022 by hydrometer reading as of yesterday. I’m not really expecting the Tilt to be 100% accurate, but mostly just as a ballpark indicator of fermentation activity. I will calibrate it properly after this batch however. Cheers

I was expecting the OG to be slightly lower than that actually, about 1.046, and then estimating FG at maybe 1.010? From the comments about lactose above though, I guess that was never going to happen. Gravity still sitting on 1.020 (per the Tilt) this evening, so as a last ditch effort to get...

Thanks both, I didn't realise the lactose doesn't ferment out, so that's a few points there as you say. I guess I'll just wait it out in that case and see what I end up with. The Tilt seems cool, but I'm not sure it's a good fit for my slightly OCD nature. Whereas previously I probably wouldn't...

Hi all, I had a go at brewing my first stout on Saturday, the fifth batch I've done in all, and the first time I've had what seems to be a stuck fermentation. I sprinkled a whole pack of Mangrove Jack M42 into 10L of wort at 16C/61F at 8PM on Saturday, and placed the fermenter inside my...

So, having posted this, I discovered the spec sheet for the yeast I used, which has more specific usage instructions than the back of the pack. http://www.danstaryeast.com/system/files/pdfs/tds-bry-97-american-west-coast-yeast-english.pdf?download=1 In particular the rehydration instructions...

I brewed my first batch of beer on Saturday - The Cincinnati Pale Ale from John Palmer's How to Brew. While it seems to be doing its thing, it took a while (24-36 hours) to start bubbling, and even now after 72 hours it is still only bubbling slowly. Now, I've read the various "don't panic"...