Most likely it was just "hot break", which are mostly proteins that are extracted during the mash and coagulate at the beginning of the boil. Give it a stir and it will all go back into solution. It will not affect the beer in the end.

The software did not have this issue before. For now I'm doing what Yooper suggested and using fermenter as the target. I just have to keep in mind that the volume is off by .5 gallon which is my kettle dead space.

I have noticed that since the last update my post-boil gravity and my OG do not match. It seems as though the software is counting my kettle dead space loss as evaporation loss, thus giving a higher OG. Please fix this!

I read somewhere that equal volumes if you are batch sparging gives the best efficiency. Using this info, I upped my grain ratio to 2. Although I did not notice any increase efficiency, I like having a little less sparge volume. Palmer stated that the efficiency difference between 1.25 and...

I have the same problem with using a kegerator that only holds 2 kegs. I brew when I notice a keg is getting low and store the fermented beer at room temp until the low keg kicks. Then I cold crash overnight, fine/carb simultaneously, and am drinking the new beer within 48 hrs of putting it in...

I recently picked up the Bayou Classic KAB6. I would highly recommend it if you are using a Keggle because of the wider base. Also, it seems that the manufacturer has taken notice of some of the mods that home brewers were utilizing to make their product better suited for their purposes. The...