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I haven’t seen much discussion about the Hach Pro+ pH meter lately. I’ve had mine for 4 years now, and although it has never been super reliable, lately it seems to be descending into the abyss. It takes an inordinate amount of time to stabilize, and I have to calibrate several times before it...

I hope I'm not reopening a discussion that has already made the rounds, but I couldn't find anything in my search. On the mash acidification page, we input all of the grain ingredients in the recipe at hand, but the categories of grain are only base malt, crystal malt, roast malt and acid malt...

My hops weren't quite ready to pick, but I had to leave town so I picked them anyway, dried them as much as I could (not quite enough) and shoved them in the freezer as I was leaving for the airport. Is it really detrimental to use them? They smelled nice, but weren't quite papery when I picked...

So, this amber ale started fermentation (WY1056) with an O.G. of 1.057, and was still bubbling after 7 weeks (yeah). The gravity is now 1.004. It doesn't taste disgusting, but it doesn't taste like an amber ale either. I'm having trouble grasping this reality. So what do I do now? Water my...

I know this is probably just a yeast floatie, or flocculated break material, but since it looks like a cross between Golum and The Edge (from U2), I'm getting a little bit paranoid. It appeared during the krausen and stuck around. The yeast is Wyeast 2565 "Kolsch," the gravity is 1.012 and it...

This has probably been covered before, but I didn't come up with anything pertinent when I searched. John Palmer's book states that Phosphoric acid is not recommended for lowering mash pH, because it reacts chemically with calcium in the mash and changes the whole playing field, rather than...

I've been looking through some of the information here, and I think I've got it down, but I would appreciate some confirmation before I do anything destructive. Here is my well water report: pH 7.6 Fluoride 0.06 Chloride 2.5 Nitrate <0.05 Nitrite <0.05 Sulphate 9.1 Calcium...

I haven't tried to invent a recipe before, and it would be great to get some feedback for this before I destroy an entire batch. I'm looking for a fairly full-bodied IPA, on the dark side for the style, as I've had some success with lighter colored IPAs and want to explore the other end of the...

I've just brewed my first AG batch using Da Yooper's House Pale Ale recipe (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/da-yoopers-house-pale-ale-100304/). Everything went remarkably well; I used 3.5 gallons of strike water for a 1.25 qt/lb ratio, hit my mash temperature of 154° F, collected 1.75 gallons...

I'm new here, although I've been reading posts for awhile now. This is my first post. I would like to thank everyone here for so generously sharing all the amazing information on this website. I'm getting ready to renew my beer making activities, having made a few extract batches some years...