So I am not sure what happened, but after we put it in secondary (as well as our other beers), it started fermenting! Bubbles galore, lol. Fingers crossed!

No problem at all. So you're right, based on what my knowledge was. That you sour first, then add hops, but the owner at our local brewcraft said that the hops he suggested were weak enough that it shouldn't have caused any issues. I did some reading on the mold, basically as long as it isn't...

Correct, it was OYL-605. Damn, I didn't take a picture. It was specks of green mold that was on the sides of the plastic tub. Well, I racked into primary on top of more candied ginger, may have messed up by doing that.

Hey sorry for the delay! I think it went well...the beer is kind of thick, I think I had more boil off then I thought I would. But its also thin at times? its weird. I just transferred it for secondary. Because of the boil off I had a higher than expected OG at 1.070. I think expected was...

Thanks, fingers crossed!!!

sorry wrong tense lol, we're using the stove, I'm in the middle of it now I'm on the mash right now.

No problem at all! and Yes, I'm doing 3.5 gallons of water with the expectation of a 2.5 gallon left over. 3 pounds of each grain. we used an outside burner for a different batch but since I was doing a small batch for this, we used the stove.

I'm doing a BIAB

Hi Blackmuse! Thank you for the response! So I have a very low bitter hop going in called Saaz hops (suggestion of the brewcraft shop owner here). I have never used ginger, but my hope is that the crystallized/candied ginger that I'm using in the boil will be more of the "sweet ginger" flavor...

Hey everyone! I just joined up and look forward to getting a bunch of new knowledge from everyone. I've brewed before but am getting back into the game with a friend. We just did a couple of brewer's best kits and are now going off kit, for the most part. I'm going to be doing a 2.5 gallon...