I was at trader joes the other day and they have this beer Nero's a dark malt and I forgot the other.. not bad tasting and $1.99 for a 16.9oz swing top full.. thats cheaper than any empty swing tops I have found. Gonna go buy a 12 pack just for the bottles. I'm in the bay area.
I just filter tap water and I believe my tap water ph is 7. Guy at the LHBS said it works well. Have you used it? Im not sure it did much but maybe it will change the flavor profile. ?
Thanks for the tip, im thinking now I might lower the rye or eliminate it all together, the hops were for just a IIPA and rye was a last minute addition. I'll run it by the LHBS see if they have flaked. I'll post back with the final recipes
It was fermenting steady at 63 then dropped to 59 and stopped, thats when I brought up to 68 but it never restarted. My mash temp was pretty stable. I have never checked my ph i just use filtered tap water. I will look into that next brew. Hopefully it taste ok after a few weeks.
Im stuck at 1.020, I brought the temp up to 70 and it's been there for 5 days now. Tried lightly stiring to get things moving with no luck. boiled 4oz sugar and dumped it in, small krausen formed with airlock activity for a day and still reading 1.020.. this is the third beer now that has gotten...
Brewed today did FWH instead of just 60 min. Black as night and smells good 1.062 OG little lower than what I was hoping for but not by much, mashed at 150