I am looking to capitalize on economies of scale by purchasing my primary fermentable base grain in the 55 lb sack. With that said, I will be committed to brewing several batches using this single type of grain as the base malt. Will I see a significant difference in desired beer flavor that...

Hi BF Forum, Can you guys check why "Fermentable - Lactose (milk sugar)" is increasing ABV% ? While increasing OG/FG is normal, lactose is un-fermentable and cannot be considered in ABV% formula. Thanks! Cheers!

The Recipe Editor gives the percentage by weight of each fermentable in the recipe. For example, if I made a trippel with 13lbs pilsner and 2lbs sugar, the "fermentables" portion of the calculator would report that the fermentables comprise 86.67% pilsner malt and 13.33% cane sugar. It does...