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Wow - thanks for this message, novahokie09! I learned so much from these few paragraphs!

This is a photo taken just prior to the boil and adding of hops.

Miscellaneous photos related to my beer making.

Thanks again! My brew was a partial mash recipe. Being new, I did not have a clue about how much a deviation from the cited OG constitutes being 'way off' (6 points? 20 points? What is a concern causing deviation? Is a deviation really a concern? etc.). Hence, the seemingly simple yet...

Thanks everyone! I was so worried because the recipe said: 'make sure that you don't fall outside of the recommended OG readings...', so I thought that I'd possibly end up with flavoured water. On a happier note: The wort tasted great and the yeast is working away at the moment. The airlock is...

Hello! I'm new to brewing and am on only my second brew of a mixed grain and extract recipe. My first batch turned out great! I've just made up my wort for my second batch (a Belgian Saison recipe) and I think that I wasn't careful when topping up the wort with water because my OG reading is...

Great advice on this thread! I'm a very very new beginner - just about to bottle my first batch in a few days. I am cold-crashing at the moment. I am also worried about temperature and ruining my beer... I have an obvious question but can't seem to find an answer anywhere: There is a difference...

I'm worrying about temperature for my very first brew as well. This sounds like a great idea. So you get the STC-1000 and rig it up with a refrigeration unit? Just clarifying. Thanks for the great advice.