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Haha thanks for the talk off the ledge! I’m sure it will be fine just wondering if I’ll need to let it ferment longer or not

I brewed a Pale Ale 4 days ago and am fermenting with US-05. Specs on US-05 say ideally ferment temp range is 59 to 72 F. I use a mini fridge in my garage with a temp controller set to 69. Problem is, Florida just realized it’s winter and overnight temps are now in the 30s! So my barn gets down...

Thanks brownni! I didn't realize refractometers were sensitive to alcohol. I entered my numbers into some calculators and they seem a lot better, not where I want them, but might need to wait a little longer with my current beer. Also seems the cheap refractometers may be off by 10% or more...

Thanks for the input. I am using an IR thermometer, I suppose that only reads the surface temp now that I think of it. I'll pick up a digital meat thermometer, or if any suggestions on a better one let me know. I have been using a refractometer since someone keeps dropping the hydrometers! (me)...

Hey guys. I have been brewing for over a year now. I just recently changed to mashing in a mash tun instead of BIAB. Now with my mash tun, I cannot seem to get my beers to ferment correctly. This seems like there is something wrong with my mashing process, not the fermenting process as I have...

No Beersmith. I think I'll try it out with those proportions of water you mentioned! Thanks, I'll try it out this weekend!

From this article: https://beerandbrewing.com/hard-seltzer-at-home/ it seems Kilju is typiucally the backbone of hard seltzer. bushman, what kind of yeast did you use? And how much sugar to water?

So I found the air leak! There's a small puncture in the air lock itself. I remember when I was cleaning the air lock my 2 year old daughter grabbed it and put it in her mouth, she must have bit it! Does anyone use those 3 piece air locks? Do they work just as well?

Looking to do all grain. So I would use your recipe, but wondering how much water you mashed and how much you boiled it down to.

I was reading the back of a hard seltzer can recently and it seemed to point toward the alcohol being fermented sugar with a little extra sugar added after fermentation plus some flavoring. Have you tried hard seltzer, would it be similar to kilju?

Definitely brewing this for the name!! Coontail what was your starting water/water to fermenter? Also, I've been looking into brewing a Gose, seems you need to keep PH under 5, did you check PH of yours?

Yep, it's just under 5 gallon in there and it's a 7 gallon fermenter but I think 7.5 gallon would fit in there. I also brewed a small 1 gallon neipa batch and my other fermenters were full so I dumped the 1 gallon neipa in that 7 gallon fermenter. I just drank the neipa last weekend and it...

Just pulled a gravity reading. I'm about 40 hours into the ferment, it is at 1.026. It started at 1.066 and should finish out around 1.015! All my other ferments have seemed weird too, but again I am new to home brewing, this is my 10th batch. Thanks guys, I'll just let it finish out, see what...

Just checked it and did not notice any air leaks. The air lock seems to have pressure on it, the krausen seems to have decreased slightly, and I don't see anything floating around in the wort as I normally do. What temps should an ale ferment? Anyone have tips on keeping it cooler during...

Yep, it's a 7 gallon big mouth. Now that I think of it, I didn't check the o ring for the lid before putting it on. But, yes there was a lot of air lock activity at first, hence my confusion as to it stopping all of a sudden. I'll check it out when I get home.

Post boil gravity was 1.066 Closet temp is 72, I do not have a temp sticker on the farmentor so not sure on it's temp. Thanks balrog, I'll check if there's a leak elsewhere. My sinuses have been plugged since we've had heavy pollen counts lately here, I can't smell anything right now!

I brewed a 5 gallon all grain batch Saturday night. Going for a Pale Ale but a little more hoppy. I pitched Wyeast 1056 American Ale yeast. This is the first time I've used liquid yeast and followed the instructions on the bag. I pitched the yeast and started noticing a lot of activity in the...