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Update: I actually ended up having a really crappy efficiency and ended up with a 1.050 OG (so 60% efficiency I think based on fermentables). Not quite sure why this happened as I have put in a default of 75% in the past and been pretty good at hitting the OG brewers friend has given me in the...

Picked up supplies for a Maris Otter SMaSH beer. I ended up going with 12lbs of Maris Otter. I told the guy at the brew store I was going for a gravity of 1.050 and got just one packet of US-05 safale yeast. However I punched the grain bill into Brewers friend and it is showing a SG of 1.062...

So due to carboy headspace concerns I split a 6 gallon batch in half into to 5 gallon carboys to ferment. Now my question is can I combine the beer back together after fermentation for kegging/bottling or is it best to just leave separate?

Just started fermentation on a 5 gallon batch. wondering if it is generally okay to split. I have a 3 gallon corny keg and then would bottle the rest? Also do the priming sugars scale down? for example the kit I made this with comes with 5 oz of priming sugar so could I just use 2 oz for the 2...

New brewer here, my stove is a bit weak and even struggled to get a gallon of wort up to a boil (required some partial coverage). I have a Brewers Best Kit which I want to use to make the jump to 5 gallon batches. It only requires a 2.5 gallon boil but I'm sure my stove won't do that. I have a...

Hi all, Started lurking these forums as I started my first batch on Wednesday and decided to join the community! First batch is a Brooklyn Brew Shop 1 gallon kit - Everyday IPA. So far I think it is going okay but have had a few moments of paranoia so what do you all think? 1. My stove...