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    A Brewing Water Chemistry Primer

    dudadiesel brand phos bought. Thanks for the feedback guys and heads up on NOT getting that amazon stuff mabrungard.
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    A Brewing Water Chemistry Primer

    Ok then the stuff from dudadiesel it is then since that’s better? I figured “food grade” woulda been ok with that.
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    A Brewing Water Chemistry Primer

    Found this... I-MAX Phosphoric Acid 85% Food Grade, Rust Remover, pH Down - 1 US Quart, HIGH Purity https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H4K181M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_B0EqEbFZFDB8K That work?
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    A Brewing Water Chemistry Primer

    Yeah it’s 25 bucks for 1 quart. Is there anything wrong with using lactic acid? I have that on hand for free
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    A Brewing Water Chemistry Primer

    Thanks fellas.
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    Water report and adjustments for beer style using the beer cube as guide

    Nothing other than just tying to maybe tap into other people’s opinion that might not be in the other thread. Is this a problem?
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    A Brewing Water Chemistry Primer

    Thank you. Where can I get that kinda stuff. My preliminary searches is only finding me 10% solutions
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    Water report and adjustments for beer style using the beer cube as guide

    I’m a big IPA brewer...is this water suitable? Just wondering if it’s worth my while to make adjustments where needed or keep buying my Walmart water gallons
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    A Brewing Water Chemistry Primer

    I just got this from my water department today. Very nice of them to have on hand and provide a timely response. Is this good stuff to brew with?
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    B. Nektar Zombie Killer Clone

    It definitely looked done. And the yeast cake at the bottom was settled out. There’s no way anything more active was going on to the point I was gonna get any more activity out of waiting another week. Plus with how crystal clear this stuff is there’s no way there’s any active yeast floating...
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    B. Nektar Zombie Killer Clone

    Ok so I couldn’t wait and pulled a sample for hydrometer reading this finished out at 1.012 from 1.053 at two weeks and the sample tasted AWESOME putting it at a 5.38%. If I was supposed to wait longer I’m sorry I just couldn’t. I felt like it was in right spot with just enough residual sugar to...
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    B. Nektar Zombie Killer Clone

    So today’s been two weeks. Haven’t taken gravity reading or anything but should I secondary today? Does it typically take only two weeks for primary? Or 3?
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    B. Nektar Zombie Killer Clone

    Thanks Mylar. Good stuff to know. Looks like I’ll be alright then and be able to get a good 5-5.5% out of her then. A little good news update to this batch....the strong sulfury smell has dissipated quite dramatically already. I had to change out my lid cuz the rubber grommet on the first one...
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    B. Nektar Zombie Killer Clone

    That’s the hope if it ferments out that far from 1.053 to 1.001. Even still that’ll only get me to an 6.83%. From there (and I’m glad you brought this up since I’m new to meads and hard ciders as this is my very first one) I didn’t realize adding back sweetening ingredients diluted out the abv...
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    B. Nektar Zombie Killer Clone

    Thanks mad....should I be worried though? Is that gone leave any residual side effects in the final product?
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