Final gravities were what I expected

Thanks for the suggestions and comments. Work has kept me busy, so this is the first chance I've had this week to reply. I've had a look over my recipes and notes taken on the brew days and its possible astringency could be the culprit like J A and Nosybear suggest. I use 4 stage RO water and a...

First Grain Bill. Pilsner 92% Melanoiden 2.8% Vienna 5.1% Lallemand Diamond Lager Yeast. Second Grain Bill. Used up left over grains Pilsner 80% Vienna 8% Wheat Malt 5.3% Crystal Malt 4% Flaked Oats 2.7% Nottingham Yeast. Lallemand Third Grain Bill. Lager Malt 56% Pale Malt 15.1% Flaked Oats...

My last 3 beers are tasting dry on the pallet, very nice flavour beers but quite dry on the back of the tongue. I use a Brew Monk 30l system and the mashing temperature on all 3 beers has been correct and has been verified with two separate thermometers during the mash, so I don't think this is...

Thanks for the feedback

Thanks for your reply, I upgraded to premium and have been playing around with the recipe editor. Punching in the numbers, to get a mash ph of 5.3 i would need to add 180g Acid Malt which is 4.4% of the grain bill or 4.4ml Lactic Acid. Looks like i'll have to go with that and hope there isn't...

Hi all, I am going to attempt a Munich Helles tomorrow and need some help with the mash schedule and acid additions. My recipe consists of 90% Pilsner Malt- 3 EBC 5% Vienna Malt- 4 EBC 3% Melanoidin Malt (Light)- 50 EBC 2% Acid Malt- 6 EBC I'm using 4 stage RO water which has 0 TDS and 6.7ph...

Evening, I wanted to say thanks for the advise and give you a final update. It finished on 1.012 and took the full 14 days like Craigerrr and Hawkbox advised. Its been in the keg at 12 psi for a week and a its carbed up nicely but still needs a little more time to condition. Will try it again...

Thanks for the advise, i shall leave it alone.

Hi all, I pitched a 1.2l starter of Wyeast 1098 with roughly 250 billion yeast cells in to a 1.051 OG IPA two days ago. Wort temp is a constant 19 degrees c and the krausen appeared within 4 hours of pitching. I have just opened up the fridge to find the krausen has dropped and airlock...