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Both hydrometer and refractometer measures 1.000 at water. The reason for the range is because I don't remember what I measured and I didn't write it down 😬 But definitely the issue was with correction for OG. My OG measure was out of boil, so definitely wasn't at the right temperature.

Well, it was expected to finish at 1.003, so perhaps it could go below. Either way, should be fine to cold crash, right?

Ok, so if my original 1.055 is actually correct, then my final 1.010-1.015 is definitely wrong, otherwise i'd be well bellow 1.000 hahhaha Even if it was actually 1.025 (the 6 Brix that I measured on the refractometer) and I accidentally read it wrong in the hydrometer, it'd at 1.005 territory...

Hey guys, feeling pretty dumb here that I can't read my instruments correctly. hah Post boil my refractometer reading was ~13 to 14 = 1.055. Today, after couple weeks fermenting, it read a bit above 6 Brix. Using the calculator in brewers friend, it said that the 6 brix (which would be about...

Has anyone ever ended up purchasing a BIAC system in Australia? If I could get my hands on one of these, I'd sell my 3V and hop onto the simplicity train. Cheers

I plan on pressure fermenting until sounding valve stops increasing when I purge a bit (i.e. until fermentation ends). I'd then open the fermenter and drop a hop sock with all the hops in. Close it up and purge with CO2 several times to ensure w/e O2 dilution happened, it's not there any more...

Ok, so I'm taking from this answer that this recipe is likely drinkable

I actually just found this https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1067356/neverland-23l Does it make sense? 285g dry hop 😱

Hey everyone, Any chance one of you got a clone recipe for this beer? Thanks a bunch,

I increased temperature from 12 to 18 for nearly a week and finally stopped seeing pressure increasing (fermentation finished). Took a sample and was 1.02 in the refractometer and 1.011 in the floaty thingy.. so definitely done. Cold crashed for 3 days at -1 (beer lowest point was 0.9) and now...

Following up on the temperature issue. Now I have another issue, a frozen beer line :) Think this resolved it. Cheers

Thanks so much for this! Had to adjust to +7 to make it right, as it was showing -6 and it was +1. The compressor kicked in immediately, not sure if coincidence or not. I set it to -3 now, let's see if it takes it there

Just checked with a Kegland temperature controller. It's 1.0C and the series X is oscillating between -5 and -6 in the display.

Following up here, it's been 10h and the water is not frozen. Series X is saying -6 in the display.

It's standing on the floor at an angle with the corner of the room, so there's a lot of space on the back and on both sides of the unit. There is zero ice build up anywhere. I'll do as suggested above and leave a glass of water in there for a few hours and use a probe to measure the...