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GuldTuborg, That would be a victory if accurate, I think! This sounds like a formula/principle I should learn. Thanks all. Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

PPG? Pounds per gallon? No idea. Pack just says 1Kg Beer Enhancer Kit, ingredients spray dried malt and dextrose, direct 1:1 replacement for sugar addition.

HonestAbe, Thanks - but confusing ;) Let's try... So... (OG 1.025 x which volume - original of 18 litres?) + (OG of enhancer, did not take) / 2 = calculated OG. Oh well. If all sugar is converted, I guess I'll call it 2.5%-3%.

Umm, I just added: - 250g "beer enhancer" in 500ml water - 250g "beer enhancer" in 500ml water - 350g "beer enhancer" in 750ml water = 850g "beer enhancer" in 1.75l water Any good? Learning. When could I take a reading I could regard as my OG, or has that bird flown?

Total 1.8kg grain (mostly pale malt, some crystal malt). Steeped in 14 litres of water at about 160f for 1hr 15mins. Boiled for total 1hr 25mins. Hops: 47g Challenger at start, 47g Golding with 15mins to go (mistake: should have been just half, with remaining half at turn-off). Protoflog tablets...

PS I have some "Beer Enhancer" power - it's spray dried malt plus dextrose. Could I add any of this now? Mixed with water at same temp as fermenter contents? @GuldTuborg I'd rather about 4.X% - so I'd rather about 1.040...

My original gravity is 1.025. This is low, right? Looks like I can only achieve about 1.97%? This is "English IPA", all grain, from a book, but my brewing kettles are too small for the amount of grain in the recipe (pale malt & crystal malt). So I reduced the grain amount (and water). Is...

FYI, I've bottled this today, one day after the above discovery. Beer tastes fine, no hint of vinegar. Hope it stays that way.

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I just opened my fermenter after one month to find this film on top... I had planned on bottling this tomorrow. Beer is a winter warmer I tweaked (http://urly.fi/aIN) based on Holiday Prowler (http://urly.fi/aIO) - combination of light, crystal chocolate grains, plus beer enhancer and, if...

Airlock activity discovered this morning (36 hours), though no big krausen. Any consequences from using the slightly less than half a pack instead of the half a pack I wanted to use? Under-fermented - lower ABV? Is it feasible/desirable to add more yeast, even if activity has started? Thanks!

Hi, On Sunday afternoon, I made a seasonal concoction comprising... 2.5Kgs cr ushed pale malt 750g crushed crystal malt 350g (crushed?) chocolate malt 500g extra-dark s pray malt powder 60g northern brewer hops 3 cinnamon ground nutmeg ground ginger a chilli 30g cascade hops There is 17...

Love American beers. Pretty much prefer them to those here in the UK. They have a slightly different taste. Brooklyn, Sam Adams, Serra Nevada, love 'em. But I am a newbie. What is the difference in real terms and where does it come from? Thanks.

Oooh, I'm happy with how this turned out. Mostly with my carbonation. I probably erred on the side of caution with sugar amount but, unlike my last brew, a pumpkin ale full of maple syrup, which turned out sweet and flat, this actually has fizz :-) The flavour - nothing special. Heavier than my...

Thanks. I thought the % scale was viable. Same method (subtract FG from OG), right? I read across from the % markers to gravity markers.

Got it. 1.052 - 1.020 x 131.25 = 4.2% abv. That's good. I feared I had lower than that. Thanks!

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This is basically the recipe from Instructables: How To Make Beer (http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-Beer/)... Crushed malt grain, mix of both light and dark powdered (didn't have enough light), northern brewer, safale. Currently in bottles, using table sugar for first time...

Hmm, cane? I have Silver Spoon granulated sugar, I think that's the same, right? Maybe it was during boiling that people advise against using cane? So how much of this sugar should I use for 12 litres of beer, in 24 500ml bottles? It's durrentlymina 25 litre plastic fermenter. It's a mix of...

Damn. I was all set to bottle today, but I just realised I'm out of spray malt light. Can any household sugars be used for bottling (priming/carbonation)? I've read most veterans say steer well clear. Don't think the brew shop is one tomorrow (Sunday).