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Brewing up a simple APA with the following grain bill: 10# 2-row Base 1# C40 Hops as follows: 1oz Cascade 60min .75oz Cascade 30min .25oz Cascade 5min this is my result from EZ Calc: Starting Water (ppm): Ca: 60 Mg: 3 Na: 11.5 Cl: 16.1 SO4: 21.8 HCO3: 140...

I'm thinking of doing a new German lager tomorrow with some wyeast 2206. The grain bill will be 90% pils and 10% cara the hop schedule will be around 18-20 IBUS of hallertau pellets. Full ro water with no additions. Will this yeast be close to style. I know it might end up drier than normal but...

Gonna brew this up tomorrow: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/caramel-amber-ale-167880/ Here are my water additions: Starting Water (ppm): Ca: 60 Mg: 3 Na: 11.5 Cl: 16.1 SO4: 21.8 CaCO3: 140 Mash / Sparge Vol (gal): 2.75 / 7.25 RO or distilled %: 50% / 50%...

So I just found a great deal on cascades and willametes. getting a pound of each for under 30 shipped...i know probably too good to be true and theyre probably crap, but i have a lot of bulk grain and quite a few specialties, so what should i get going.....i can find any yeast and have a pretty...

IM relatively new yo water Chem but feel like I'm getting a good start. I am currently using gypsum and calcium chloride as well as Epsom(rarely) to make up my mineral additions. Due to my high alkaline tap I dilute 50/50 most the time. I am using EZ Calc for my plannings Tonight I am doing a...

Have already made my mash and sparge water with a 50/50 dilution and water additions. But I forgot the campden tablet to remove the chlorine. Can I still add it now?

I have a really good amber/apa that is a staple at my house. I'm looking to make an ipa too but would like a similarity. Is it possible to just up the base grain and hops to appropriate levels to change this beer into an ipa?

So with some helpful advice from yooper I have started my water chem journey here is my recipe: 5.5G APA 10# 2-row 12oz C60 8oz Carapils Hopped to 40 IBUs with Amarillo and Simcoe I have taken a stab at using TH's Spreadsheet and this is what I have Come up with: This page...

Brewing Tonight a simple APA Water is as follows: Sodium 11.5 Magnesium 3 Calcium 45 Sulfate 21.8 Chloride 16.1 Hardness 160 mg/l alkalinity 140 mg/l I have 5G RO to dilute with.. I have Canning Salt, Gypsum, and Epsom, What would you all add? i need 10G total for a all grain batch...

I just need to brew bad after a laco infection and complete plastics replacement. This is what I have put together with what I have since I just sent all my money on replacement equip. never used columbus before. does this look ok. I have 2 oz of each cascade and columbus. ibu 33.4 OG 1.057...

I'll BLC be enough to clean my lines And faucets after a lacto or should I use oxycleanfree. I'm out of pbw

So my last three batches taste acidic. Sour. Not carbed. In bottles carbed with coopers tabs. I think it might be an infection but there were no visible signs and they tasted fine in when I transferred to secondary. I also have found out there is chloromine in my tap water which until now I...

I have some Potasium Campden Tablets that read: "Use 1 Crushed Tablet per 2G for sanitizing fruit. Use 3 Crushed Tablets per 5-6G of wine at racking." I want to use these to sterilize water from chloromine. How many should I use. Are these normal tablets, or are they a smaller version? I...

There comes a day in every hombrewers life where he/she reaches a milestone or trophy and couldn't feel more excited to share it. Your first batch; your first AG; your first draft beer; maybe even your first recipe that you designed. Well my friends, today I have reached another milestone. After...

As going to brew 10G of a munic helles today Which was supposed to be magnum/hallertauer. Just realized I don't have any magnum. My substitue choices are : Citra 13.4 1oz Glacier 8.2 2oz Perle 8.2 .75oz Simcoe 12.4 2oz which do you think? I'm shooting for 18.1 IBU in a 10G batch Thanks

Know there are mixed emotions here on competitions, but IMHO I like the fun and anticipation of waitin on score sheets to see how well I am doing on hitting my targets. Anyone will say a free beer is good but I like a certified outlook on my bottles. Therefore, just wondering if anybody was...

So I feel stupid being an avid brewer with lots of batches and knowledge under my belt but please help me figure out what's going on here. I have made a couple batches recently that havn't finished. Today I sampled the carb level on a Mexican ale and it tasted horrible! I checked the gravity...

So I have a Christmas ale that we made in august and let age. It's basically a 1.068ish spiced amber. It was in prim for 14 days then we racked to keg where it has been in secondary since (no pressure added) I've now decided it's time to get it ready. My plan is to bottle about half (with carb...

So I finished my stirplate and finally got my flask and stirbar in the mail. Unfortunately when I bought my fan all they had was on with blue LEDs. My question is will these LEDs hurt anything in my yeast starters? Should i try to unhook em or let em be? Also what speed should my unit be...

This may be a dumb question but in the sense of automation, could a sprinkler valve for an irrigation system be used as a valve in an automated system. For example controlling a pump and three valves electronically by a program to complete a brewing process. I'm thinking like the rainbird...