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Just looking for some input to the results of my last brew. Here are the specifics BIAB Target 5 Gallions, Actual 4.5 Style: IPA Grain: 15# Mash: 1 hour, no sparge, recirculation with recirculation rinse. PH 5.4 Boil: 1 hour, with three Hop additions Target OG 1.074, Actual 1.060 Target FG...

I have beer in a keg and did not use any finings yet. Why can't I draw some beer from the keg and mix with gelatin instead of water and add it back in?

Five days ago I brewed an All Grain Dopplebock. Everything went well from the mash through to the end of my 90 minute boil until I noticed I was about 1 gallon low on my desired wort volume (5-1/2 gal) for the fermenter. Being somewhat of a newbie I didn't take my OG reading until after I...

I recently brewed a Texas Cream Ale with the following ingredients: 1 LB Texas Malt 2 Row 8 oz 6 Row Malt 1.5 LB Flaked Corn 0.25 oz Sterling Hops, @ 10 minutes 0.75 oz Sterling Hops, @ 50 minutes 5 LB Pilsen Light LME Dry Yeast - SafAle US-05 OG should be 1.050 FG should be 1.008 I...

How important is it to boil all the water that will be used to make my first Apple Cherry Cider? The instructions say to boil 1 gallon of water and dissolve 2 lb of dextrose, add to fermenter once it is cooled then top up to 6 gallons. Should the top up water be boiled also? I'm using RO...

I have a Red Ale that has been in the fermenter for five six days now. I'm using a Tilt Hydrometer and reached my target FG of 1.010 two days ago and it hasn't changed. I'm still getting bubbling in my blow off about once a minute. Since it appears that the fermentation is complete are the...

Today I did my first All Grain BIAB. I've done ten extract kits with no problems. This brew was an All Grain London Porter BIAB as follows: 5 gallon batch 1.054 Target OG GRAINS/MALTS 9 lbs 8 oz of American 2 row malt 6 oz Black Barley 4 oz Black Patent Malt 4 oz Chocolate Malt 4 oz Midnight...