Ok, I originally a the recipe with honey as a late addition. The OG calculated was 1.061. But we decided to add the honey post boil at a temp of ~70degs F. When you rerun the recipe with the honey added to the fermenter the OG calculates at 1.055 (honey not considered). My measured OG (using...

Question for those fermenting under pressure - how do you degas your beer sample to take a gravity reading? My hydrometer requires about 7 ounces to float. Have been tossing beer from glass to glass for an eternity, and still have bubbles…

Recently drafted a "Hazy DIPA" recipe in the recipe builder, with the following Fermentables: Method: Extract, full-volume for boil 60 minutes. Started with a volume around 8 gal., finished with probably 5.7 gal. 1LB Flaked Oats(pre-gelatinized, steeped 30) 1LB Flaked Wheat(pre-gelatinized...

Hi Folks, So it seems like my hydrometer reading when I racked from primary to secondary read 1.011 and then from secondary to keg my reading was like 1.013 or so. Is this possible? I can safely say in 5-6 years of homebrewing this has never happened to me. Seems like this wouldn't be...

I'm halfway through reading John Palmer's book "How to Brew". Decided to make my first yeast starter last night follow the starter wort recipe listed in his book, which is 1/2 cup DME to 2 cups of H20. I ended up getting a 1.090 gravity wort. I had to water it down and reboil, had a boil over...

Hello. Question regarding the ABV value as displayed by Tilt in my Brew Session pages: Is Tilt's current ABV value calculated from the recipe's predicted OG, or from Tilt's original gravity reading? Thanks

I am brewing a wet hopped Harvest Ale, and after 8 days in Primary gravity dropped from an OG of 1.058 to 1.009 both at 70° How long should I leave it in secondary before bottling. I did add a dry hop addition to secondary. Thanks for any suggestions.

Hi guys I am new to the forum and new to home brew. I have been experimenting with different styles of beer and have made my fourth batch last week. But they never turn out exactly like they should. The problem I have is that the final gravity always ends at 1.02. They should be fermenting...

All other things being equal, does mashing at a higher temperature (e.g., 160f/71c vs 145f/63c) result in a higher final gravity? And does this higher FG generally result in a slightly sweeter beer?

Hi guys, Need your help again. I am brewing an American Pale Ale recipe All Grain. Usually I do 11L due to the size of the boiling tank being small. After some discussions around here I am topping water on top to get 18L (fermenter has 20L). Of course I add extra grains, hop, etc. I add 15L...