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Thanks Brad! On the gravities, I got: OG: 1.061 FG: 1.008 ... BeerSmith estimates OG:1.062 and FG:1.014. Would my lower than expected FG indicate I did not mash at 154 as BeerSmith predicts... ? One other thought: I have always put my hops from the boil straight into the fermenter after cool-down. S...

Hey all, I gave my first AG brew a proper tasting last night, and it was not what I was hoping for. This is the American Amber Ale recipe that I posted in the recipe forum previously. 8.0# Pale Malt (2 Row) - US 1.5# Caramel/Crystal Malt -45L 1.0# Munich Malt 10L 0.5# Melanoidin Malt 0.5# Cara-Pils ...

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--LexusChris

Bottled this one last night. Tasting out of the bucket was very good! Some nice maltiness coming through the hops. I'm very optimistic on this one, and looking forward to tasting it again in 4 weeks or so! Color & clarity was real nice too! (FG=1.013)

--LexusChris

On a more practical note, this is a very dangerous way to go with mead especially since a sparkling mead will generally clock in at 6 ATM and can explode those bottles into little glass sliver grenades. Basically you're playing Russian roulette with capping before fermentation has completed with a ...

Ok, I'll be the one to ask the million dollar question. How'd it taste? ummm.. well... that's not the point! Where's your sense of ADVENTURE! :mrgreen: --LexusChris p.s. turns out it was the band-aid batch I was trying to hide ... too much bleach sanitizer without proper drying.... pouring it out n...

While cleaning out some stuff around my home office/den this weekend, to make room for all this new brew gear I've been accumulating, I found a case of mystery homebrew! Yippee! :cheers: Unlabeled. Plain bottles. I'm sure its at least a year or two old.. mabye longer. Have no idea what to expect, bu...

I now own a SR-4910M.... sweet!

Thanks for the tip Lars!! You guys are masters at finding stuff on Craig's List! I'm talking with the guy now (he is in Irvine too), and the model is actually SR-4910M. Does anyone know of the difference between the 4910 and 4912? All I can really find is that they are the same dimensions... looks l...

Had some *fun* tonight with an older bottle of mead I made last year. I like them sparkling, so I typically bottle them with some fermentation left to go. Let them age at room temp for a day or two, then store them in the fridge until ready. :o Why you laughing? :) Yeah, so this one had a bottlecap ...

One thing that made my life easier with the chiller was attaching a valve to the end of the hose that connects to the chiller. That way I can adjust the flow rate and shut off the water right at the chiller. An excellent idea and I picked up a plastic one at Lowes the day before AG#2 brewday! Here ...

Chris, did you make a move one way or another on this? My wife thinks I'm going nuts on this 'brewing thing' ..with all the projects & weird apparatus.. :twisted: I have not moved in on this project yet. I spent my budget on a 02 system for my wort and a portable A/C unit with a window vent. (I...

another thought.. :idea: I seem to remember from my tries at brewing meads ... honey raises the OG quickly, and it also raises the final gravity quite a bit. So, if your OG was really at 1.074 .. you may be done. Also, perhaps you had either more honey or malt in the brew, or your final volume is lo...

Hey Jon, Good to hear that the gravity continues to drop.... that's gotta be a good sign right? :) I just recently downloaded BeerSmith and have been using it for a few weeks now (has 21 day free trial..btw). Did not spend much time on other software, as this one seemed to meet my needs and covers t...

Good to know! Thanks!

--LexusChris