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Well, you nailed it! Turns out my hydrometer is reading 5 points high. I tested it in 60* distilled water and it read 1.005. I double checked it with a lab grade hydrometer with the same results. That means this beer started at 1.074 and finished at 1.015. That's almost much exactly what...

I did add the lb of sugar with 5 mins to go in the boil. I have not calibrated the hydrometer but I did use the same one for all readings. This is a good point! I will check it for sure. I have tasted it. It still needs the dry hop additions, but it tastes decent. A little sweet for my...

So, I ended up tossing in a pack of US05 and bumping up the temp to 72*. Four days later, the gravity has stalled at 1.020, so it did drop four points. I wish we could get it a few points lower. Would it be worth making a new starter and tossing it in at high krausen, or maybe adding some...

Thanks! I just checked my digital instant read thermometer with another one and they both read the same. It also read right at 212 when I tested it with boiling water. I'm pretty confident that the mash temp was truly 149. Plus, I've never had this issue before either. I tossed a packet of...

My fiancé and I have been homebrewing for about 3-4 years now and have about 30-40 batches under our belt. Fermentation of our most recent batch (MoreBeer all-grain Pliny clone) seems to have stalled a tad. We had a OG of 1.079 (a bit higher than expected), but after two weeks, has stalled at...

Thanks guys. I'm thinking we'll give the WLP007 a try next time to see how it does.

Thanks guys. Unfortunately, we've kegged the beer. It's still good, just not our favorite. Just not a fan of the 004 for flavor or attenuation. This is all great info!

Thanks guys. I guess next time I'll stick to the 090. Not a big fan of the 004.

Thank you! Do you think a 148* mash would've gotten the FG down to around 1.014-1.015?

I'm still relatively new to homebrewing, so take it easy on me. We brewed a red ale recently and fermented with WLP004 Irish Ale yeast (our first time using this strain). We mashed at 152* and the OG was 1.060. It finished at 1.020 - a bit on the sweet side, for our taste. The beer is...

Did you ever figure this out? I have the same faucet that came with my Danby kegerator. Will a properly size o-ring work? What size did you go with??? Thanks!

Well, I think I had my first homebrew casualty (infection) after 3 years of brewing. We did another split brew day - mashed in the evening and did the boil the next morning and didn't bring it up to a boil until the morning after. Once the boil started the next morning, there was this faint...

Thanks for the input! A very slightly sour flavor is what I've experienced. It's very slight, but noticeable. Would a quick boil like you described reduce that souring (assuming that's the cause)? I don't get it doing normal full day brews.

Are there any downsides to splitting a brew day by mashing and lautering in the evening - say 7:00pm, then doing the boil the next morning - say, 10:00 am? Will leaving the un-boiled wort overnight cause it to spoil? Thanks.

Yeah, that's what I figured. Thanks for confirming. Time for a new one!

I use a temperature controlled frigidaire chest freezer as a fermentation chamber. When I'm not fermenting, the freezer is not plugged in. For the last couple of weeks, I've been using it at 68* to ferment my latest ale and it has been working great. A couple days ago, I lowered the inkbird...

Has anyone noticed that the Newcastle recipe in the US is different? Instead of being imported, it's brewed now by Lagunitas with Centential and Chinook hops. What are folks thoughts on the new taste? I noticed it right away and it definitely has a Lagunitas-style flavor. I'm not thrilled...

I'm relatively new here, stumbled on this recipe through a google search, and brewed it (with a few minor tweaks) a couple weeks ago. It turned out to be one of my favorite homebrews to date. Awesome job on this recipe! Newcastle is one of my faves, and this nails it for sure! Thank you for...

Can anyone recommend a decent black IPA recipe utilizing cascade and amarillo hops?

So, I think I may have identified a source of the O2 exposure. My auto siphon seems to be sucking it tiny air bubbles during the transfer. Looks like I'll be tossing it it favor of a racking cane instead.