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interesante. very interesante.

In like Flynn

Another thing I thought of.. Both of my fermentors are at very low working volumes.. Each of them can hold like 7 gallons but each have like 2.5 gallons in them. That would probably affect their bubbling out of the airlock right? Both are bubbling but not a lot. I'd say one bubble every ~10 seconds.

Are there better ways (yet not extremely expensive) to test gravity than the hydrometer?

I honestly don't even remember exactly when I took the hydrometer reading.. but definitely your 2nd, 3rd, and 4th points are very possible.

Additionally, the target FG is 1.02.... why isn't it 1.00 (or closer to that)? Could you take it longer to get to that or are there other factors affecting the fg that i'm not aware of

So how do I increase my efficiency/what are the main killers of many brewers efficiency? Feel like it was relatively straightforward with the DME and Corn Sugar.. The only thing that i could see being different was the milled grain but even that seemed pretty easy.

Brew day went pretty flawlessly. I was a lot more comfortable with everything I was doing so I feel pretty happy considering this was only the 2nd batch. I will say though, that the recipe said the OG would be between 1.07-1.13. Why such a range? My OG was around 1.075. I was expecting it to be...

two quick questions for my wlp028 scottish brew that I would like to happen today/tonight but we'll see what the answers to these questions are: 1) You think I can cold crash my 2L yeast starter in ~6 hours and then use (i just put it in the fridge at like ~38h post start)? 2) if a yeast has an...

The beer has now started to be consumed! it isn’t amazing, but it’s definitely decent for my first batch. It needs more flavor IMO but that’s probably just because I tend to like higher octane/more crazy beers. it carbonated really well.. maybe even too much. There is a bit of sediment at the...

Good advice by all. I’ll plan on just doing the wee heavy as even the grain part will be new.

Thinking about brewing this recipe as my 2nd brew.. https://www.ballastpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Wee-Heavy-Scotch-Ale-Extract-Recipe.pdf But I would like to add a bit of whiskey influence to it. I've seen oak chips soaked in bourbon added to secondaires, just straight bourbon added...

Update! I took another hydrometer reading yesterday (3 days after the 1.01 reading) and I got 1.01 reading again. So I decided to bottle today. I cleaned 24, 22oz bottles with PBW and StarSan along with the caps, and my beer siphon. I was having serious issues with the beer siphon while...

@TheMadKing , just read this "Nobody's going to drink your beer and tell you it tastes like you have low efficiency." That's a very good point that I'll remember :) Also, what is a "tropical stout?"

I just noticed today that the liquid in the trap is a much different color than the liquid in the top part of the fermentor. I decided to take a hydrometer test, to which I got a 1.01 reading. If I estimate my OG at ~1.055, (1.055-1.01)*131= 5.9% What do I do now? I tasted it.. Not...

I am also a ChemE.. So this is right down my alley.

I could see myself semi-retiring and trying to open a brewery in like 20 years haha.

Both of you seem to know A LOT about brewing. Is this from just years of homebrewing? #goals

^And keep the bottom closed/not let anything in there for a bit until at least krausen is mostly done

I could also tonight close off the bottom trap (has all the honey and some yeast), unscrew it, pour it back in the top, and then reattach the bottom trap. That at least, would give the yeast more surface area to interact with the honey.