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Interesting, I'm just across the rio grande from you in eagle pass. I wish I had that setup. I am going biab on the stovetop with a heatstick. Ghetto, I know, but I am making some great beer. Too bad things are so crazy over there, I wouldn't mind checking out your operations.

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About halfway through the boil of my first batch. 1883 + 5 = 1888

Still bagged em for safety's sake. With the obvious uneven mixing of my priming sugar I will at best have uneven carbing and bottle bombs are still a possibility. At least it is not the whole batch though.

Alright gents. I pulled a bottle and tested the gravity from there. 1.000 with priming sugar. My guess is my first sample was not properly mixed as it was at the bottom of the bottling bucket. Looks like crisis averted. Thanks for your help. Time to RDWHAHB.

I am thinking I should go back to the carboy and pitch a new packet of montrachet. My worry is oxidation but it seems that there is a lot of fermentation left and the oxygen should be used up in the process.

OG was spot on at 1.066. Not sure if I should bag em up and hope they dont grenade or if I could get them back into a fermenter and pitch another packet of montrachet.

I made a batch of apfelwein just over 6 weeks ago using Edwort's recipe. The Apfelwein had cleared nicely and I bottled today. I forgot to take a gravity reading until after adding my priming sugar and bottling the batch. I was surprised to find a FG of 1.016. I primed with 3/4 cup of table...