Daily Q & A! - December 28, 2024

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[u/chino_brews → u/[deleted]]

I'm happy to have helped, but I don't know why you didn't just heed the advice I gave you and then post my commented procedure, rather than your incorrect procedure with shallow understanding, simply reformatted.

You lack understanding of the terminology, the reason for why we do certain steps, and the details that matter.

Yes, the general steps in broad strokes are fine. But why 4.7 kg of malt. Exactly which malts? Which hops? How much bitterness will you specific bag of hops give you if you add one ounce (28.3 g)?

So I'm still suggesting you read a book. See the New Brewer FAQs in the wiki. It has a "what should I read?" FAQ in there.