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Thanks for the response. Looking at my notes on that brew, my OG came out right. Seems with brewing I'm always sacrificing accuracy for time. As I mentioned, the primary was loaded with bubbles... This makes it more difficult to measure the OG unless I move some of the brew into another...

After moving from primary to seconday today, I estimate I'm about .5 gallons shy of 5... Lots of aeration when I poured my wort into last beers yeast, no doubt. Aeration creates bubbles, which make it really difficult to measure 5 gallons through side of bucket scale (Maybe I should start...

I've had a starter in a canning jar for about a week now... It appears to have a spec (1cm diameter) of mold on top of it. My take is that the mold is only on top and that I can use a sanitized spoon to remove it? Am I right? Or is the mold throughout and is only showing on top because it...

Thanks to all for the suggestions, advice, information... Just to update my thread, I waited it out and today (3-4 days after pitching) finally see activity. I've learned how I'm not going to do things next time! Problem is I can be pretty good at forgetting what I learn. My biggest concern...

The yeast I pitched from the baby food jar is about a month old. The yeast in the jar barely covered the bottom... It just doesn't seem like it would be enough unless the yeast can take off and multiply like crazy (I need to understand yeast better). It probably can't hurt to let it go a few...

From the last pale batch I did, I harvested the yeast, and refrigerated in baby food jars. Today I brewed a pale that ended up around 1.051. My problem was that I thought a starter could be made during the ~2h needed to steep/boil. I must be mistaken after reading other posts here where...

Thanks for the quick answer, and explanation.

I'm wanting to brew the following recipe today: Batch size: 3 gal OG: 1.076 FG: 1.009 SRM: 5 IBU: 62 Ingredients: 2.5 lbs Belgian two-row 2.5 lbs Belgian pils 1 lb clear invert sugar 1 lb pilsener DME 1 oz Northern Brewer (60 min) .5 oz Sterling (20 min) .5 oz Sterling (10 min)...

I attempted my first partial mash-an english brown ale. Of course, I have questions... I followed deathbrewers instructions (easy to follow--thx to deathbrewer). One of my questions has to do with batch size. I start with 2g of strike, two 2g of sparge. After I complete the partial mash...

I'm new... I have always enjoyed drinking beer, and recently finished my basement... With that, I bought a kegerator. When I did research on the kegerator design/models/etc, I found the homebrewing hobby. I'm all in. I have two beginner batches brewing now, and have lurked on this forum for...