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**LandoLincoln** · 08-07-2012, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by JPFuller

Not terribly far off of what I was thinking except for the epsom salts, for some reason I thought i read to try to avoid epsom, but after everything I have read over the last couple of weeks, I could be wrong. Do you not treat your sparge and mash water with the same salts, and in this example, would you not add LA acid fto the sparge as well?

I should have mentioned that I do batch sparging, so the pH of the sparge isn't as critical as fly sparging, which takes considerably more time.

But perhaps my beers could be even better if I did monitor the pH of the sparge more carefully. I guess I'll have to do some experimenting with it.

**brewers-assistant** · 08-09-2012, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by JPFuller

18 hour day at work yesterday and didn't see your post, i'm at Irving and Central so I will probably see you there! My son and I are thinking about joining a homebrew club, do you belong to one in the area?

Yeah, pretty close ! No, don't belong to the one just yet but I'd like to find one in a few months from now (right at this time I'm too busy for any extra activities but I figure few months from now it will slow down). Please let me know if you find a good one in the area.
On a different note - have you stopped by the Revolution Brewery that opened recently in the area. It's on Kedzie, just a bit south of Addison. My wife and I stopped by a few weeks ago - didn't stick around coz it was too hot (there is no AC there), but we'll come back when it gets a bit cooler.

JPFuller · 08-09-2012, 04:08 PM

Haven't yet, am planning on going to Reises on Sunday, might slide by Victory as well