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Crazy. I’ve always tried to be in the ideal zone and worried about the temp swings being above that. My pack says 59-71 and i usually keep my house around 68-70 but I always thought it was way too hot because the ferm temp would be above the 71 when it was active. So I likely had it TOO cold...

I think it was Safale US-05, I’d have to check my notes. It wasn’t anything unusual I’ve never used before. I turned down my AC to 64-66ish because I wanted to make sure it stayed in its zone. Lid always stays on unless I absolutely have to take it off for tossing in hops or something. I should...

That’s what I thought, just never seen it!

Little confused. This was an IPA extract I’m doing for a wedding. I had one weird issue where when I cooled it down (with whirlfloc in boil) it foamed like crazy. I have absolutely no idea why and when I put it in my catalyst it was foaming over the top. I scooped all the foam out (sanitized...

A timer is a great idea. Damn I should have thought of that! I usually use the time it’s warming to lay stuff out but I’m sure I couldn’t figure that out to save me some time. Agreed on cleaning, cleaning sucks lol.

I usually try to start around 10-11 but I’ve started as late as 2 before. Thankfully I don’t have any crib midgets running around so as long as my wife is at work nobody cares but the dogs.

Now I’m confused lol. Aren’t Brix and plato essentially the same thing? My OG was about 15 brix (refractometer) and is currently 10 (refractometer) so these numbers line up with what it’s reading.

🤔 see that’s what I thought. If you know OG (1.060) and current gravity (1.040) it calculated out to like 2% alcohol lol. But the refractometer I guess doesn’t like alcohol so I think there’s a correction there? I usually just test FG with the hydrometer. The hydrometer is reading 1.020 though...

I wondered about a sudden change in temp but I figured dropping the ambient to 62 with the fermenter higher it would be more in range. Either way, I’m learning what’s working and not working the more I brew. Thanks for the heads up! I’ll start soaking them now than. I was thinking I’d wait till...

I’ll have to look into this further!

Lol I don’t have a secondary anyways, I use the catalyst fermenter. So it’ll just sit there longer, gives the trub longer to settle.

Oh no I do all grain, mash was 152 actually. The instructions called for 152 for 60 minutes and a 10 minute 170 mashout. Normally I sparge but I just went ahead and did what they said this time. It looks like it affected my OG though.

Sorry. Mash high in gravity or temp? I’m not sure what you’re asking.

Closer for sure. I’m not sure what the FG is supposed to be. Northern brewer is kind of odd, they don’t give you one or an estimated ABV%. Brewfather after calculated said 1.016 at 6.2% so that’s roughly what it was expecting so sounds like we’re really close. I will say NB instructions f’ing...

Hydrometer reads 1.020 🤔 Guess I’m just being overly worried. It’s 4-5 more weeks anyways because I have to add bourbon and wood chips.

Yeah it seemed high that’s why I was worried.

Sorry, no. The refractometer was.

What app is this?

I do but I usually only use it to check final gravity measurements. I don’t usually use the refractometer during but I checked it out of curiosity the other day. I’m not sure why I forgot they don’t really work as well when there’s alcohol present. I’ll have to think about what else I can use...

Refractometer and you just answered my question for me. I’m stupid. 😂