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by Sean Patterson
Friday Apr 22, 2005 1:53 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: priming with other sugars
Replies: 33
Views: 22608

Excellent discussion on what can be used to prime, but does priming affect things beyond the carbination level & slight taste change (if using honey or jam)? What I'm wondering is can the priming "sugar" effect the head retention and texture?

I've just put down a Newky Brown using a BrewCraft kit ...
by Sean Patterson
Tuesday Apr 19, 2005 11:13 am
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Really low FG reading
Replies: 15
Views: 9521

Jay
I waited a moment for the foam to subside before taking the reading and the reading was the same two days in a row.

I use a glass fermenter which requires siphoning from the top, so there is little risk of draining any yeast cake into the testing tube. The brew was pretty simple though, just a ...
by Sean Patterson
Tuesday Apr 19, 2005 10:23 am
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Really low FG reading
Replies: 15
Views: 9521

Really low FG reading

I just bottled a brew of Black Rock Dry Lager on Sunday and the FG reading was 1.000. I've never seen one so low. The OG was only 1.033, so i estimate that the brew will be about 4.4%. It just spun me out that the FG was 1 even.

Has anyone had a reading so low or should I be worried that I just ...