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Thanks, PP. I kind of stopped taking final gravity readings too but some of my beers lately (the bottled ones) have seemed a bit overcarbonated and I wanted to squeeze all the gravity points I could out of this one. Also I've been doing cask ales and want to try racking to the pin a couple of points...

Joshua, that's very interesting. The reason I thought the re-iterated mash was cool was because my 10.5 gallon kettle has barely enough room for a beer bigger than 1.060,r so for a 1.090 beer I would mash a 1.045 beer, pull the bag add the rest of the grains and mash again in the wort that's already...

PorchFiddler, I have read the way your want to do the High Gravity beer. If you can save the grains, you CAN make another 6 Gallon batch of 1.035+- beer by using the Parti-Gyle Brewing process....see http://beersmith.com/blog/2011/10/07/pa" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... -one-mas...

Specific Gravity to Plato conversion for dummies

I needed to convert Plato to Specific Gravity today so I found this converter online with the formula and table. Looking at a few minutes I realized that if you take the specific gravity say 1.048 and divide the 48 by four you get plato 12 which is correct. Likewise 10 Plato * 4 = 1.040. I did not k...

Help me I can't make up me mind! Recipe counseling

I have ordered a pin (cask) and I soon will have everything I need to do a proper cask ale, including beer engine, cooling gear etc. I've been waiting so long to do this that I cannot for the life of me decide on a recipe to brew. I want to brew something English and simple (like me) but as soon as ...

Ferment Fail!!!

The other day I had a BRILLIANT idea to use my fermentation controller to keep the mash steady. The idea was that I would heat the mash to the correct temp and then have the contoller turn on a small electric cooker under the pot. I set the temp at 66 deg C and tried it out on some water. It didn't ...

I recently listened to Mitch Steele on the brewingradio podcast from a while back, that book sounded really interesting. I'm thinking of doing an Enlish IPA outside the BJCP guidelines, really hoppy about 80 IBU with fuggles and east kent goldings and that Warminster Maris Otter that's a bit darker ...

[ I got used clean sleeping bags at a garage (jumble?)sale real cheap. Someone once mentioned an electric blanket and I have been on the lookout for one. I've been using this but it doesn't like the cooler weather too much. I was looking for some automation but not quite ready for electric whole hog...

Only "gotcha" I can think of would be the fact that you are going to have to devise a method to stir constantly in order for the temp controller to be able to read the proper temp otherwise you'll have one hot spot right in the vicinity of the heater. My thoughts? An old blanket or sleeping bag wou...

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