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Apologies if this has been covered before. I am a fairly experienced home brewer, but just made my first mead today. I followed the beginner recipe for orange blossom mead out of the Ken Schramm book. 5 gallon batch. The recipe specifically calls for 2 tsp yeast nutrient and 1 tsp energizer...

I was continuous sparging with a hot liquor tank. I had the grains crushed by NB. I thought I hit the desired volume per boil (harder for me to tell because I also received a proper kettle as part of the brewing Christmas haul that I am not yet familiar with), but had a significant amount of...

Hi guys, I took the plunge and got all-grain equipment for Christmas. Brewed my first batch yesterday - with some hiccups. The instructions I have say to raise the temp of the mash tun up to 168 (from the 152 mash temp). I am using the NB 7.5 gallon all grain kit, so using coolers. The...

Thanks for all the help. I'm going to try PBW.

Hi Guys, I'm new to the site so please forgive if this road has been tread before. I recently bought a Wort Chiller (copper/immersion). The included instructions say to clean it first with TSP or TSP/90 "to remove any manufacturing oils that may still be present on the copper". I picked up some...