I live in Penn Hills so we most likely have the same water supplier. I've been too lazy to do the sample thing. Thanks for bailing me out :mug:. Interestingly, I've had similar issues with IPAs using the Pittsburgh tap water without modification. My IPAs are never bitter enough. Now that I...
Fantastic build. Very jealous.
I do have one concern. I don't like have the milling station so close to the brewing station. Grain dust is very bad for cooled wort. And even though the dust will probably be minimized with your design, it's still going to get into the air. If you are...
So I just finished reading all 85 pages of this thread (do I get a medal or something?).
I brewed this on 4-21, had a few problems ... my major issue is I forgot to pre-heat my MLT and after the 90 minute mash my temp dropped 10 degrees to 141F. Any thoughts on how that would affect my beer...
Actually, I think they used to produce draft system which is probably how their name originated. I found this item on craigs list today (a dated draft system made by Kold Draft).
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/bfs/2305524396.html
ubermick,
I had a similar issue today ... ended up with 5.5 gallons at 1.073. Not sure what to deal is ...
Everything went extremely smooth with the brew day and really looking forward to trying this brew. Followed the recipe to the T except I used Safale-4 (too lazy/not enough time to fool...