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  1. Bathtubbrewer

    Boil Off and Weather

    I have the same issue with different boil off rates, and mine used to be as much as a 1.5 gallon difference. I've ended up just adjusting my boil off rate for the weather, and I've created 'winter' and 'summer' profiles on beersmith to help compensate. Now i'm usually within a half gallon...
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    Homebrew facepalms

    Brewed a great ESB. Decided to cold crash it, so dropped the fermentation chamber temp down to 36. Forgot to take the blowoff tube off of the airlock, so I ended up sucking the 2 qt bucket of starsan back into the carboy. That batch is now referred to as Extra Starsan Bitter.
  5. Bathtubbrewer

    gravity and volume

    You're essentially correct about the OG and FG. Runoff gravity is just that; it's the gravity of the runoff from the sparge, normally a fly sparge. So it's really a snapshot of the amount of sugar you're still getting from your mash at that point in your sparge and an indicator of when you...
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    No carbonation in a wee heavy, looking for a reason

    Good to know! I'll try to be patient and give it another month or so. Thanks for all the feedback!
  7. Bathtubbrewer

    No carbonation in a wee heavy, looking for a reason

    Sorry, should have mentioned that I did add the proper amount of priming sugar. Also, after priming and bottling, I stored the bottles at about 73 degrees.
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