Topic: Watershed
I just came across a recipe and instructions for beer-making that is similar to what I make, and I found out that I am not using anywhere near enough water, by more than half the amount of what I should have been using, in all my brews. That explains why everything is coming out so thick.

So I have increased the water and sugar in the Malt Extract I am making right now, (batch #5) so it is 13 liters, instead of 5, and I will have to go through all the other bottles of beer and add more water to them, along with some extra sugar to compensate for the extra water.

So, if you are looking back at the previous posts for information about brewing beer, disregard the recipes instructions for amounts of water used, and figure you have to multiply the amount of water by 2 1/3 (approximately) and possibly add more sugar.