I had a reverse osmosis system put in at our place. Where do I start to understand and start building up my water profile now? Water coming from my RO reservoir is like starting from scratch correct? Thanks!
Once you build up your layer do you ever have to do it again? Also do you know the best way to clean aluminum pots? I know there are a couple cleaning agents that should not be used on them. Thanks for the advice!
I have six gallon carbon that I have used for many brews the past year. I noticed this strange mark on the side of it last night before I started another brew. It is kinda gray to black and a slender slash about one to two inches. It does not appear to leak or anything. But I ended up putting my...
So I usually leave the beer in primary fermentation for ten days my old ale I did for fourteen because it was a really heavy high alcohol beer. Then I usually let it sit in secondary for three weeks sometimes four. I had a five gallon batch and three fourth cups of corn sugar. I chilled the beer...
its definitely not me opening the bottles too soon. The longer I let them sit the more it seems to happen. I have let my porter sit for three months now and it was foamy as ever. Tasted fine still, took along time to settle. I usually let my bottles sit in the fridge for a week or two at some...
Does anyone use a kitchen colander to help them with partial mashing. I have been doing partial mashing for a couple of brews now and have had success, but I am just trying to improve my techniques. I will usually mash in my brewpot for about forty five minutes and then use the tea bag...
On some of the last brews I have done when I open the bottles they seem very over-carbonated. I am not sure why they are doing this. They do not explode or anything and the beer tastes fine it is just annoying if anything. Foam will come up out of the bottle though, so pouring the beer takes a...
I did not take that in a condescending way at all, but yes I do know what specialty grains are. I have used them in all of my recipes, but I will look into the beersmith program. Because that is the one thing I have a hard time grasping is how much specialty grain to use on my recipes. Hopefully...
Okay so I understand what you are saying, but still have a few misunderstanding of how to convert a recipe. Lets say for example that I want to do this porter recipe which is an extract recipe.
Okay so the recipe says it takes three and one third pound of amber malt extract. Three and one...
So I have been doing all partial mashes this summer. All i would do was use 2-row as my base malt and most of the beers made were light beers anyways. So the recipes would call for light malt extract and I would just use more grain than just all extract.
How would I go about using a porter...
So I have a question about a set up for wort chillers. I have one wort chiller right now and it does work quite well. I was talking to a local brewer briefly and he was mentioning how many brewers will use two wort chillers one in an ice bath and the other in the wort. I am just curious how you...
I made an IPA a couple months ago that came out pretty good. But I really like a good hop flavor to these beers and thought it could be a little stronger and have more of a hop flavor.
So how would I go about adding more hop flavor to a beer. Does it depend on the type of hops that I use...