Thanks AJ! I really appreciate all the work you have put into this forum. It took me over the course of a couple weeks, but I managed to read all 102 pages of the primer.
I will take your advice in regards to the Rahr.
I see 2-row casually tossed around with out specifying what maltster. The majority of 2-row seems to settle in the dist water ph of about 5.7. I've heard Rahr 2-row is known to settle in much lower at around a ph of 5.5. If this is the case would you forgo a 2% addition of sauermalz if using...
I'm kind of in the same boat.
I brewed a Caribou Slobber Extract on 1/30/14 and hit my O.G. right on the money (1.052). I rehydrated Danstar Windsor in 84 degree water for about 30 minutes then after adding wort to my rehydrated yeast, I pitched it into my carboy at about 64 degrees...
Were all of your bottles new, or were they bottles you cleaned?
Since some of the beer was good, perhaps a few of the bottles weren't cleaned properly.
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