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Unless you re-calculate the hops for a full boil, use the volume called for in the recipe. If you increase the boil volume it will decrease the specific gravity of the boil. This will increase the hop utilization making the bitterness much higher than intended for the recipe.

Pitch another packet of yeast when it goes into the bottling bucket. That will make sure it carbs.

I have found that waiting 10-15 minutes between stirring and draining on your sparge will really help increase efficiency. A double batch sparge (just split your sparge water into 2 batches) helps even further. It looks like the potential extract for Carapils is 33.

Thanks for the info. If I tackle this it will probably be a small batch- maybe 2 gallons- as a test to see if it's palatable. As far as a 12-24 hr mash, I'm a potter with a digitally controlled electric kiln. This would hold my mash tun at temperature without a problem. I think I may more...

Thanks for the reply. Wouldn't amalyase work to convert the oats? Please do update when you more to share. I'm interested in whether this is worth a try.

mkrstel- My SWMBO has just been put on a gliadin-free diet. Chestnuts and oats are the only options her doctor approves. Reading that chestnut beer ferments so thin, oats were my first thought to add body as well. Your update doesn't mention how much the body was improved. What is your take...

The temp should be within range. If this is the first gravity reading you've taken, give it some time as unionrdr said and check it again. If the gravity has been stagnant for a few days, try rousing the yeast.

Don't worry too much about infecting your batch with the un-sanitized hydrometer. There is alcohol present after 2 weeks of fermentation that should help kill off bacteria on it. Infections in beer are harder to get than you would think. As for getting the gravity down, try rocking the...

This thread should answer all your questions: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/we-no-need-no-stinking-beer-gun-24678/

It'll go stale if it's stored at room temp for more than a few weeks. Keep it in the freezer to store it longer.

Don't worry about the boil-over. You probably didn't lose enough hop material to worry about. As far as checking gravity, you should be able to check the gravity of the cooled wort in the kettle or fermenter but you'll get a better reading out of a transparent vessel like the tube the...

Fermcap S will stop blow-offs as well. I didn't like using a blowoff tube because my cat would get into the bucket of sanitizer and track the yeasty mess all over my basement. Since I started Fermcap in the fermenters I haven't had a single blow-off.