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Thanks for the clarification. It tastes like beer, you know, with out co2. Stream stream cream ale is carbing up in the kegerator as we speak.

I'm a little confused, because my refractometer reads both brix and grav. My og was 1.049 and my fg is 1.024 for the cream ale. That is not fully fermented. But if I go by brix and run it through the calculator you provided I am money. What am I missing.

Yeah, one of those things. How do I correct for alcohol?

All grain, with starters. Beers are black ipa and cream ale. Both with 1056. Both had vigorous fermentations initially. I recently switched to a spectrometer from a hydrometer. I calibrated it. Could it be off? Never had a problem before.

Could it be the hot temp lately? I don't have a controlled environment to ferment in. Can I dose them with another batch of yeast? Both stalled around half way to desired fg.

My co2 tank is running out very quickly. I'm afraid there might be a leak in the connections on my regulator. If I submerge it in water will that ruin the gauges?

I made a yeast starter for a brew last weekend, but then I partied too hard and was too hung over to brew. I threw the starter into the fridge. Will it be any good next weekend? How long will it last?

That's what I thought. Thanks.

What if there isn't enough yeast to properly carbonate? I left a lot of the yeast cake in primary.

I brewed an Affligem Noel Christmas Ale clone from the book Beer Captured. The recipe states, "Prime the beer in the second stage with another dose of the same strain of fresh yeast 3 days before bottling...Adding another dose of yeast 3 days before bottling will ensure that the beer is fully...