Well I haven't posted much lately because nothing going on here and I haven't brewed since 6/29/23. I had my 4 tap keezer full and working on drinking it and it started to slowly quit cooling. I found a rusted line and leaked the refrigerant. I kept it iced and drank it all but just […]
Wow. It's surprising for an extract kit to come in with a higher than expected og. Yeast is less predictable.Hope it ends up tasting good. That's the most important criterium.Statistics: Posted by bpgreen — Mon May 06, 2024 7:19 pm
OG was higher than expected and the yeast (S-04) attenuated more than expected. I don't really understand why it was off sooo much. This was a kit I ordered, expected all grain and they shipped an extract kit so I just went with it. I added nothing extra, only used what came in the kit. […]
6.5->9.7 is quite a difference. Was your og way higher than expected or did the yeast attenuated that much more than expected?Statistics: Posted by bpgreen — Sun May 05, 2024 8:53 pm
Trying to catch up on my (lack of) brewing the past year or so. The past couple months I've brewed/kegged 10 gallons of Honey Hard Cider at 6% (using apples from our trees), a strong/bitter IPA that should have been ~6.5 but came out at 9.7%, a Honey Kolsch at 5% (first time doing one […]
I went down into my basement and stuck my head in the bathroom down there. What did I see in the shower? Two big buckets of homebrew. 10 gallons of beer (more or less).They've been there since at least November 3. If my tracking spreadsheet is accurate, they've been there even longer (like since November […]