# Brew Idiosyncrasies — Off-Recipe Process Notes_Things Topher does that don't appear in BeerSmith but affect TILT readings._---## HotForTeacher-4-26 (Green TILT)**Deviation:** Honey added at cold crash**Date:** ~2026-04-21**Context:** Blonde Ale near terminal gravity. Honey addition at cold crash — may cause small secondary fermentation or SG rise. TILT stable at 1.021 range through this.**Impact on readings:** None negative — stable SG, temp dip is intentional (cold crash)**Deviation:** Cold crash for carbonation (not crash to clear — active CO2 scrub)**Date:** ~2026-04-21**Context:** Using cold crash intentionally to drive CO2 into solution for forced carbonation. Temp deliberately lowered for this purpose.**Impact on readings:** Low temp (43-52°F range) is intentional, not a stalled orproblem ferment.---## Radium (Grodziskie / Polish Smoked Wheat)**Beer style:** Grodziskie (BJCP 27A) — oak-smoked wheat, low-alcohol**Vital stats (BJCP):** OG 1.028-1.032, FG 1.006-1.012, ABV 2.5-3.3%**Recipe note:** Smoked wheat base, possibly no hops (or very low), possibly Lacto**Context:** OG 1.0248 is close to style range. FG 1.0209 is slightly above style minimum — may be slight under-attenuation or just TILT accuracy at low FG. Beer appears to have finished.**Impact on readings:** Low FG (1.020 range) near TILT's lower accuracy limit — readings may be slightly off.---## TILT Color Behavioral Patterns### Orange TILT — flakey / unreliable after kegging- FG readings >1.050 while fermenting normally = TILT sitting in trub (not a real reading)- "Intolerabe Acts - 2025" (Green TILT): FG 1.9908 — physically impossible, TILT in trub post-keg- After kegging or dry hopping, readings are artifacts — ignore them