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I misspoke... The refractometer directly read 1.047. I didn't write down what that worked out to post-correction. The 6.00% ABV was the final number with everything corrected though. The recipe mash temp was 155°, and I think I was at 157*. Is 2° enough for that much of a difference?

I have a glass Little Big Mouth Bubbler, and the stainless spigot that comes with it. If there was a spigot that would work with that AND could directly connect a bottling wand (or at least was the same OD to where it could be connected with just a short bit of tubing), I'd be all over that...

I didn't try to connect the wand directly to the spigot. There were two different sizes of tubing and an adapter in the middle. When dry, it works. When wet with sanitizer, it slides right off. Spigot is too fancy and shapely. Read FG with refractometer, and ran the numbers through the various...

Well... Today was bottling day. Went well for the most part. First time means figuring out equipment and such, and my bottling wand setup refused to stay connected to the spout such that I ended up having to just fill the bottles slowly and at an angle to minimize oxygenation. Hopefully it'll be...

Right. Pre-boil is mash/lauter efficiency (good to know, are there typical figures for that?). Post-boil is brewhouse efficiency, but "boil" (and any water additions that occur between mash and post-boil) seem to not be accounted for... Right? So if I add a TON of water, I could have a 0%...

For clarity, volume of what? Post-boil wort is what I understood and used in my calculation. I will be figuring out a software solution in the near future, but I need to figure out my system first since they all need system information (like efficiency) I don't have without a few test runs. My...

Yeah... first time through, I don't know what my numbers are to be able to do any such adjustments. Kinda winging it and using the first few brews to get the process figured out in the first place. One of the critical questions that has arisen from my first round is mash volume. I can't get a...

Thanks! It's definitely more art, but science is creeping in. I'm hoping to take advantage of it. I have the recipe to hand, but I noted every little deviation and minor hiccup as I went. There are multiple easy and obvious improvements that will be made for the second attempt, even just...

Not the worst problem to have given the hop situation. That would have been a good datapoint to have. First brew in more than a decade, and first ever AG, so I didn't know that was a critical statistic. Going forward, definitely something to look for. Software is obviously a good idea. Rather...

More than a decade ago, I did some extract brewing, but it didn't really scratch the itch that needed scratching. I like high gravity stouts, barleywines, and similar. I don't drink much, so when I do I'm happy to splurge for quality. Being able to have the control to get exactly what I want is...