So I have been brewing for about two years now and I think I have my sanitation down, however I am still having a problem with my tubing. After every brew I wash it out with iodophor and let it soak while I wash everything else. Then I let the tubing drip dry and hang it up in my garage. However...
I have had good luck pitching some San Diego super yeast from white labs. Ferments fast and has extremely high attenuation and can handle a higher temp. If you are temp controlling you could try letting it rise a bit say to 74 that can get you a few extra points on the hydrometer.
Hope that helps
Wen I was mashing yesterday I got very different reading from two thermometers. My handy instant electric thermometer was reading 148 while the glass thermometer was reading more like 155. I figured either temp would get me scarification and I was hoping that the real temp was someplace in the...