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Is it ok to increase calcium with slaked lime, then compensate my mash ph with lactid acid? I'm brewing an amber ale and want to harden my water without increasing my sulfate levels. Cheers.

I am considering adding a false bottom to my keggle (kettle) with Jaybird's level 3 filter stand and I would like to hear from people who use this system with pellet hops. I am currently using a hop spider and a plate chiller but I would like to upgrade to a system that I can just throw my...

I have never brewed with honey malt so I figured I would pick some up and try to use up some other ingredients I already have on hand. I came up with this and was hoping I could get some advise. I think the grains selection should ? be ok but not sure on my hop additions. Recipe...

So I finally have a chest freezer that I am using for my ferment chamber and currently have a blonde ale fermenting away at 64F. All is good! Tomorrow I am brewing up a double decoction lager that will require months of lagering and that got me thinking. I want to use the chamber for my ales...

The SWMBO and myself are heading to Boston for 4 nights around the July 4th holiday. We are staying in the Back Bay area and I'm looking for some great places to drink craft beer. We don't have a car but will be using the public transportation and our feet to get around. Cheers.

I have brewed this oatmeal stout 3 times with great success but I want to try adding some chocolate and perhaps lactose to it and need some advise. I have never used chocolate or lactose so I really don't know how much and when to add it. I have tried to read up on the topic but it seems...

I have 18 AG brews under my belt and I decided I should try creating my own recipe. I brewed this amber ale up today, what are your thoughts? I tried to keep it simple. Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Boil Size: 7.77 gal Post Boil Volume: 5.98 gal Batch Size (fermenter)...

I recently brewed a Chimay Grande Reserve clone that called for 1.5lb of dark Belgian candy sugar. With the addition of the sugar the color of the beer was suppose to be in the 34 SRM range. Well, after 3 weeks of fermentation I took a sample and have reached my FG, and the beer tastes great...

I'm in the process of buying all the equipment to start kegging and I stumbled across this deal. Would appreciate your thoughts. Thanks. http://www.homebrewing.org/NEW-5-Gallon-Cornelious-Keg-Ball-Lock-_p_2894.html

With winter nearing here in the GWN I am more than likely brewing my last batch of beer for the year. The plan is to try to get rid of my current inventory. I have come up with an oatmeal stout recipe and would appreciate your thoughts and recommendations. If I have to pick up a few things to...

I have been all grain brewing all summer ( 8 batches) with successful results and I want to take it to the next step. The next step is water chemistry. To this point, the only thing I have been doing on brew day is running my water through a carbon filter, getting rid of any chlorine. I have...

Prior to my first brew day I spent approx 6 months reading, learning and building my AG setup and I have to give a shout out and thanks to this great forum and the members. Cheers! I have brewed 4 batches, 3 are in primary (Belgian Strong Ale, American Ale, Oatmeal Stout) and 1 was bottled...

I brewed a Belgian strong ale on July 7 and had an OG of 1.090. I had some issues with my yeast starter and wasn't able to pitch until the following day, July 8. I also fear that I under pitched due to my issues. I did not aerate the wort at the time of pitching. My bad. I had a very active...

My next brew session I am doing a high gravity Belgian dark ale. I use BeerSmith 2 for my software and it is calling for 493 billion yeast cells (Wyeast Trappist High Gravity #3787). I want to know if it is possible to get 493 cells from a 2L flask/stir plate? My thinking is this. 200g DME...

Greetings all from Winnipeg Canada. I have been a long time lurker here so I feel like I know many of you already and I thank you for the knowledge I have gained from the members here. After a few years hiatus from brewing primarily from extract kits I have decided to make the jump to all...