Recent content by hammacks

"LOL" always bugged me. I mean are you really laughing out loud? I don't use that crap... But - LMFAO.

Some excellent points here. Things I've had problems with in the past. Higher mash temps are also great suggestions, as well as ingredient considerations. What I've found - you often have to tailor your brewing to what you want to improve. There are so many variables from one homebrewer to...

Hey guys, I have a close friend of many years who is a hip hop artist. He's an all around music fanatic. His latest album is available for free download (you can name your price, no minimum). He goes by RedPill and does a lot of shows in the Lansing area and quite a bit around the state...

OK, but ideas for this batch? Probably just gonna have to cook with it.

Yup I love malt conditioning. I use a gap similar to yours, and get similar results. Worth the couple extra minutes to me.

So I stupidly used too much lactic acid in my last beer to treat the sparge water (very high pH, tannin issues in the past). I was just kinda winging it cause my pH strips (a decent kind, not the litmus like ones) weren't telling me jack ****. I definitely used too much. This would beer a great...

Hey thanks for thread yeast! I've always had low attenuation (w/ calibrated equip). I always did no mash out and recently even did a cool sparge (150 or so). Probably a bad idea, doh! Did you do mashout and single sparge?

yessir. So I ordered from getsnus.com on Friday - got it today (Monday). sweeeet

I was in a similiar situtation. My water is overall forgiving and easy to modify a bit for darker beers, except for the pH during sparging (lactic treatment from now on) Sry for mispells - Commodore Perry IPA + Christian Moerlen IPA + Seira Nevada (Stuck in Ohio)

I started looking into a few months in, but just now got serious (couple years in) because my pH is so effing high (9.4!). I kept getting tannin extraction

Just put in a snus order after a long break. I have been e-ciggin' it but have had really wanted some snus lately. Just for fun, here's what I ordered: Roda Lacket, Loose Blue, Loose Skruf Original, Portion Thunder Frosted Extra Stark, Strong Portion Jakobssons Icefruit, Portion Jakobssons...

no picture and I'm out of town on business for a month. I think I used my hands, it's thin SS.

Need a alkalinity figure, like Yoop said, but none the less the magnesium is too high. I believe the recommended range is 10-30ppm. It looks like some dilution is in order at least.

I have the same chiller. I separated them, but mostly to better match my BK height.

I started riding last year with no practical experience outside of the MSF course (highly recommended). I bought an '82 Suzuki GS 650. I am very glad I did not go with a smaller bike.