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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Today's brewing disaster...

« on: April 08, 2012, 06:35:38 PM »

Could have been dry rot on your regulator hose, too. Time for a banjo cooker or a Blichmann!

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Bourbon 'Barrel' Stout question

« on: February 02, 2012, 07:45:27 PM »

I've had success soaking 2 oz of oak cubes before adding them to the secondary. I added them without the bourbon, then added 8oz of bourbon during bottling.

Mine was a 5 gallon batch of about 5% abv stout. Came with plenty of bourbon character, while still being a stout.

As for your batch... there's only one way to find out...

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Extract/Partial Mash Brewing / Re: Late malt additions and low gravity

« on: January 29, 2012, 06:47:13 PM »

You can take the gravity reading before adding the top-off water, then account for the dilution.

I do a full boil, so usually volumetrics are determined by boil off.

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Extract/Partial Mash Brewing / Re: Late malt additions and low gravity

« on: January 29, 2012, 06:45:04 PM »

And, given the styles I usually brew, I can stick to the early malt additions and not worry about this as often. Cheers!

before taking your gravity reading give the wort a thorough stir. it might also be advantageous to stir more when adding the late addition. even if it's not scorching to the bottom of the kettle you could be getting unwanted coloration if the wort near the heat is higher gravity than that near the surface.

I always stir my wort quicky when adding any malt. And I usually take my gravity readings after I transfer to my fermenter, so I assumed that the transfer would eliminate any stratification. But I wil take all that into account.

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Extract/Partial Mash Brewing / Re: Late malt additions and low gravity

« on: January 29, 2012, 07:59:07 AM »

Thanks, Mark. Never thought of those conditions. I'll have to keep an eye on volume, there's not much I can do with the stratification.

And, given the styles I usually brew, I can stick to the early malt additions and not worry about this as often. Cheers!

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Extract/Partial Mash Brewing / Late malt additions and low gravity

« on: January 28, 2012, 08:52:00 AM »

First things first: thanks for a great forum. This is my first post because I've found answers to all my other questions by searching.

My issue: In recipes that have late malt additions, I often end up 0.010 or so short of my calculated gravity. Could the hops be leeching/absorbing some of the malt/sugar? I don't see any evidence of scorching or sedimenting that would show where else my sugars are going. (I will try removing my hop bags during late malt additions in the future.)

Any info would be appreciated. Cheers!