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Folks, this is what it turned out to be after 3 months: 11% abv very malty very sweet low bitterness simply delicious, but very very strong. Seems to me it turned out to be a barleywine lol Drank that bottle, got drunk and hungover over a period of 4h Now i'll store those bottles for a...

today I have borrowed the same refractometer I used at the brewday. Tested it with different sugar water concentrations at different temperatures. The damn thing compensates the temperature, unlike my friend told me. NOW the calculations to correct the alcohol deviation make sense: initial...

I guess so. the visible signs of fermentation did cease. But right now it is so sweet its unbearable. That's why i'm considering pitchin in some WLP099 so it dries out a bit more and become drinkable. And I bought a freezer, just need the thermostat now.

direct readings... the compensating calculators say i have 1.007, which does not make sense. my mash temps were 10min @ 110F for beta-glucanase, 10min @ 125F for proteins, 30min@ 145F until conversion then 10min @ 160F for Alpha-amilase then mash out.

third day in a row @ 1.060 SG I think Notty is gone X_X

ALL MUST SALUTE THE NOOB. =( I didnt cool the wort before reading the refractometer after boiling. My friend just told me his refractometer does not compensate for temperature. Assuming it was at 70C when I measured it (blowed it like hot food so it wouldnt break the thing), I did the math...

not too much luck, got the wort to 24.5C

Great! will try to cool it a bit then. I'll build an evaporative cabinet. :lol:

Yeah, we have Celsius here, it is just my habit of converting everything into imperial when speaking english =) my fear of autolysis is due to the fact that the high temperature will lead to more yeast and eventually no more sugar! Then The yeast dies and blows up. I'm in a Town Called...

Hello Folks! Sunday I brewed my first Batch, an all-grain Wee heavy. I started looking into the subject since the beginning of the year and decided that Wee heavy would be a good Challenge. Grain Bill: 6.6lb Munich malt type 2 6.6lb Pale Ale 2.2lb Crystal malt 2.2lb Vienna Malt 1lb Biscuit...