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Hey all. I prefer all grain brewing but am limited on time. Starting up extract again. I’ve been less than satisfied with my last few extract batches though, both because of final gravity. Not a fan of sweet beers. (Light lager finished at 1.015 and RIS at 1.042) One thought I had was to add...

I bought this refractometer from the Walmart marketplace. But I don’t understand its readings. It seems to say that it’s units are %v/v, which I assume means “% alcohol by volume”. That seems like a weird (maybe impossible) unit for refractometer readings, especially since the refractometer is...

I just finished my ultra-budget eBiab build, thanks to helpful HBT users and theelectricbrewery.com. I took it out for a test drive yesterday. The PID powered on, took accurate temp readings, and my contractor seemed to be hooked up properly since I heard the solid “click” from inside the...

The wife (who I love, and who loves me and my beer) has now forbidden kitchen brewing. So I'm trying to move to eBIAB on the cheap. I'm using Kai's method of installing an element on my 8 Gal aluminum pot. (Too small, I know, but it's not time to go bigger yet.) I'm a bit of an electrical...

I've never made a yeast starter before, but was planning on brewing a big Belgian beer and was using some old yeast so I figured I should. John Palmer's book said to put a half cup of extract into a pint of water, and so I did. This morning I realized that he was referring to DME not LME, and...