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Thanks very much, I am an all grain brewer, Typically use Dry yeast - British Ale Yeast that I hydrate with wort, oxygenate and pitch. Will try it with this batch currently in fermentation and see what that does. I have had instances where the final SG is really low. I also have played...

How often (If at all or all the time) are you terminating fermentation prior to completion? I have had a number of brews where the Yeasties each so much of the sugar the final product is actually dry... While I love High ABV, but the goal is to achieve an equal balance of flavor, sweetness...

Checked the SG this morning and it's reading 1.032... the post boil SG reading was 1.062 and I had anticipated a beer of 7% or higher. I mashed at 152 for 60 minutes and the grain bill would had supported the 7% beer. Do I re-pitch another batch of yeast at this point? I guess I will check...

I brewed a 5 gallon batch (Stout) yesterday afternoon and used a package of Danstar Windsor Ale Yeast. I hydraded the yeast and did a starter at the beginning of the brew day and left it on the stir plate while brewing. cooled the wort, oxygenated the wort and pitched my yeast starter which...

Thank you... That would explain why my post fermentation readings seem off and while I seem to have good fermentation my OG / FG readings always make me question why I am only ending up with 5% beers... So, can you mix readings, use the Refractometer for the Mast & Wort to obtain the OG...

I was reading some posts about stuck fermentation and it referecned something about prefered measures with Hydrometers vs. Refracometers. Can somone explain if there is a prefered method and why one may be more reliablie than the other? I have both and have been leaning toward using my...

EXCELLENT! The Temp spike may have further helped the Belgin favors with little bubble gum or esters... the only negative side is I believe it hindered my Hop Flavors a bit and it caused me to lose some points in judging under the catagory Belgin IPA... I should have just left off the fact I had...

Thanks to all who have started and contributed to this thread. I brewed an American Amber Ale on Saturday with a WLP002 yeast and did not have time to do a starter so I just pitched after cooling. I was concerned that fermentation did not start as I have no activity in the air lock but much...

I have brewed with this yeast before and it's done an excellent job but I was able to keep the temp under control. This time while I slept it got out of control and my temp controlled fermenter was no match... I will let everyone know how it turns out and what effects it has on the outcome of...

Damn... in that short of time? Oh, that will not be liked at all :mad:

I pitched a dual starter of WL550 Belgin Ale yeast (I love this stuff) to a 10 Gallon batch of an Imperial 1.078 IPA on Sunday and wow did this take off, Blew the bung out of the top of the Conicial Fermenter and the temps rose to 96 degrees for about 8 hours... I managed to get the temp...

Sounds like a plan, I will check gravity tonight and again in a day or two to see if it continues to drop. I have no idea where this will finish out at so it's a good idea to just keep checking to be sure it's complete.

I had planned on taking this to a party on October 1st... Not sure it will even be done fermenting by then. Ha-Ha... Thanks for the information it is appreciated.

I brewed a Beet IPA back on September 4th, 12 days ago and it's still fermenting. Not like others I have brewed, this one has and still has a nice layer of Krauten on the top but not a lot of activity in the air lock. The activity has decreased but still there. I don't have a thermal way of...

I had planned on brewing today but yesterday when I built my starter I noticed both of my yeasts were out of date. I had a one that was best by Nov. 2010 and one that was best by March 2011. Its been twenty-four hours and there not doing anything. Worse yet, the yeast looks brown on. The...

Good news, I keg'd the beer last Sunday and tasted it last night, it seems to be just fine... I had fully intened to dry hop it but just did not seem to have the time. thanks for the help and suggestions!

I transfered an IPA from my primary to a secondary 6 weeks ago... I had every intention of kegging it weeks ago, but due to travel and family, it just did not happen. It's in my basement at about 67 degrees. My concern is several (3 or 4) small white circles of something is sitting on top of...