Home brewing thread anyone?

[djlew]

That looks great. You are brewing in a bag, does that stain out all the wort solids, or is there lots left causing all the trub?
It's hard for me to compare, as I was doing 5 gal batches and did the sparging ect with the brewzilla.

Thank you! So there's a chance that because I strained out the grains and just did the boil without the bag and used basic hop bags that it created a lot of trub. I have to imagine that with some better equipment and even straining before going into the primary would've helped me out!

Added the peaches and into the secondary. Took another gravity reading, 1.027. Got some different numbers with ABV calculators so need to plug into a generic formula and figure out. Looks like we are sitting at around 2% ABV right now. Maybe the peaches will bump that up a little bit and I hope so because it's a little low but will leave it for another week! I'll let it sit for a few more days, check flavor, give it another week maybe and then off to bottling to be ready for my annual camping trip I take with the family.

 

[Whitenuckler]

Thank you! So there's a chance that because I strained out the grains and just did the boil without the bag and used basic hop bags that it created a lot of trub. I have to imagine that with some better equipment and even straining before going into the primary would've helped me out!

Added the peaches and into the secondary. Took another gravity reading, 1.027. Got some different numbers with ABV calculators so need to plug into a generic formula and figure out. Looks like we are sitting at around 2% ABV right now. Maybe the peaches will bump that up a little bit and I hope so because it's a little low but will leave it for another week! I'll let it sit for a few more days, check flavor, give it another week maybe and then off to bottling to be ready for my annual camping trip I take with the family.

I have lots of equipment I'm not using, but it's all bulky, and in Canada. You will have a hard time calculating the %ABV as most assume that the sugars are dissolved, plus you need the final reading. I have some that show up at 27 down to 6, and the RAPT pill says 3%. Do you have a nice temperature controlled spot to ferment? I have mine in the basement with seedling heaters wrapping the buckets with Inkbird controllers set to 22C. The temperature is flat all the way through.

 

[djlew]

I have lots of equipment I'm not using, but it's all bulky, and in Canada. You will have a hard time calculating the %ABV as most assume that the sugars are dissolved, plus you need the final reading. I have some that show up at 27 down to 6, and the RAPT pill says 3%. Do you have a nice temperature controlled spot to ferment? I have mine in the basement with seedling heaters wrapping the buckets with Inkbird controllers set to 22C. The temperature is flat all the way through.

It's true, I am really just using a refractometer to get my numbers. I am fermenting in a dark, temp controlled closet at 70F. I will give it time and see if the final gravity shifts downward. I wouldn't even be mad at a low ABV but would want to know why!

 

[Whitenuckler]

It's true, I am really just using a refractometer to get my numbers. I am fermenting in a dark, temp controlled closet at 70F. I will give it time and see if the final gravity shifts downward. I wouldn't even be mad at a low ABV but would want to know why!

Excellent. I have one of those too, it seems to match pretty well. Maybe if it tastes a bit sweet, it might be a lower ABV, or if you don't see the peaches ferment. There should be more activity in your airlock and more sludge. My last basement go too hot, so I made a fridge out of 1 inch hard insulation board with a 12V solid state cooler. Also had the seedling matts in there in case it needed heat. I love this basement the highest I've seen is maybe 21C with no AC down there.