NTOLERANCE
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Brewed this again yesterday, added some honey malt, if it turns out I'll post up the recipe.
The yeast is done or your enzyme is no good. Probably the later. How low did it get? Or your beer bobber is off.
Sorry, just edited my post to include the gravity. It got to 1.006. I calibrated my hydrometer so I don't think there is a problem there.
How long do you typically leave it in the secondary? I brewed this up last night after Converting it to a 3 gal BIAB which is the only way I have done all grain thus far.
Not sure if dry hopping that early can affect fermentation. I suggest taking a gravity reading after a week and seeing where you're at.furner said:I think I messed up. I dont think I should have dry hopped in primary. I pitched the yeast, shook, and added the whole leaf hops. Am I going to get anything useful out of this? Fermentation was really only going good for about 36 hours and now it has pretty much stopped.
Not sure if dry hopping that early can affect fermentation. I suggest taking a gravity reading after a week and seeing where you're at.
Racked to secondary and put in AE last night. Definitely not getting any action so far. Yeast should still be pretty good. I will give it time and see what happens.
(last week he told me the bottle of fw sucaba i was drinking tasted like guiness.)
I just transferred 10 gallons of this into secondary and added the amylase enzyme. Since this sits for 2 weeks are you adding the dry hops to secondary after the first first week? This thread is so long I couldn't find the answer.
I had a question about the all grain version.
I don't have an all grain setup per se, but I've been doing mini mash, since this is such a small grain bill could I do the all grain the same way? I have a 30 qt. pot.
Alright, Ive finally purchased all the supplies and am just about ready to start my first all-grain. I chose this one for my first because it seemed pretty straight forward and it seems like a beer I will enjoy.
That being said, Im having a bit of trouble understanding the Mash Schedule.
Given 5.5 lbs of grain and 1.35 qts water/lb grain gives me 7.43 qts as listed in the schedule. What I dont understand is where does the Total Mash Volume Gal: 2.30 come from?
Using this link for a calculator http://www.brewersfriend.com/mash/ it says I will need to add 6.5 qts of boiling water to reach 175. None of these numbers add to 2.3 gallons.
Thanks for any help you guys/gals can provide.
Use calculator here http://www.rackers.org/calcs.shtml "Can I Mash It?"
Adding the volume that the grains will occupy and the volume of water equals 2.3 total gallons (grains + water). Your mash tun needs to be at least that big.
For a mash tun I am using a converted 5 gallon rubbermaid cooler. I hit the mash temperature right on. After the 90 minute mash I quickly checked the temperature and it seemed to read low at 143. Is it possible that one of these coolers could lose that much heat?
Had a similar problem with my cooler. You might want to look into insulating the top of the cooler by drilling some holes in the top and filling it with some spray foam. Also a false top made of insulation will help.
When I first used my mash tun I lost about 10 degrees over 60 minutes but insulating the top and using a false top I am able to keep loses to 1-2 degrees over the 60 minutes.
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