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Ok thanks McGarnigle, that's sorta what I thought.

My fermentation chamber (chest freezer) is in my garage and I typically bottle in the basement based on winter temps and a fear of what bugs might be floating around outside (warranted?). Anyways the first time I used the fermentation chamber I waited 3 weeks and then carried the fermenter...

One additional question that I have is the Bru'n water spreadsheet seems to calculate all the additions based on total water volume. Does this not result in to high concentrations once I've boiled down to my final batch volume?

Yea fixing that up increases ph enough that acid addition is required in the mash. Thanks Gavin C.

Thanks for the heads up on the mash volume. I have it correct on the adjustment portion but messed up on the page outlining the grain bill

Thanks for the reply mabrungard. In order to drop the sodium to half I have to dilute with RO water at a ratio of 50/50. When I adjust this my calcium and sulfate values are quite low which can be corrected with 4.8 grams of gypsum. In addition I no longer need any acid to correct the mash ph...

So I decided to look at my water profile using Bru'n Water to see if I should be adjusting anything. I plan on brewing the Bells 2 Hearted Clone Recipe from this site. After working my way through the sheets it looks like my water (without dilution) will be acceptable for brewing using the...

Just fired the burner for 5 gallons of Yoopers hoppy American amber

I'll second OBK. Shipping to SK is always quick. I've also used torontobrewing.ca with similar results

Well brain fart. While I've ordered from torontobrewing before I've been ordering online from OBK lately and they didn't have it. Didn't even think about torontobrewing. Thanks! Order placed.

I am unable to get golden naked oats from the retailers here in Canada. What is my best option for substitution? Flaked oats? Oat malt? Leave it out completely? Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks

Almost time to drop the IC into 5 gallons of Yoopers DFH 60 clone.

Hey brewkinger, thanks for the response as well. I had meant to reply after you posted and I forgot. I've read a lot more from Woodlandbrew since. Thanks!

Thanks for the quick reply rhys333. I was mostly referring to my calculations. I have two mason jars filled identically so I'll just use some of the second to make up the difference to ensure I don't underpitch. Thanks again!

Am I doing this correct? I have the following mason jar of slurry. I use the dump everything to the fermenter approach but use hop bags during the boil. I'm guessing this is half a jar of slurry so approximately 237.5 ml. If I assume 1.25B/ml I get just under 300B cells. Using mr Maltys...