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Decided to make a Cream of Three Crops BIAB today, was in a hurry and didn't check my pre-mash water pH. After mashing in and mashing about 30 minutes, I remembered and saw I had a mash pH of 6.2. I just let it ride with a 90 minute mash, and it looks like I hit good OG and efficiency numbers...

Made my first 5 gallon batch of mead in January. Don't have the recipe in front of me, but the honey volume was targeting semi-sweet (which it is). I made it with two cans of frozen orange concentrate, and a few cloves and cinnamon sticks in the primary. It's been on the lees until last weekend...

I've been using RO water without any additional treatment, with OK results and good beer, but it's time to do better. I've seen the sticky with AJ´s quick and easy RO adjustments, but would like to consider using my tap water. I'm starting to input the numbers into Brun Water, but would...

I made a porter that's been in the primary for two weeks, and am thinking about aging for a while with oak and bourbon. I have 3oz of Hungarian oak cubes and as much bourbon as needed. My quandry(s): - Transfer from primary to secondary for oaking, or leave in primary, or transfer to keg and...

I am getting ready to do a basic blonde extract kit that comes with 1/2lb of Crystal 15L, and am thinking of adding another 1/2lb of 20L. What will the effect be on fermentables and flavor? The remainder of the kit is 7lb of ultralight LME and 1oz of Willamette hops, pretty basic.

It's anyone using a Tower of Power for recirculation BIAB?

A bit of a quandry. I've got an AHS Texas Red that has been in the bucket for 20 days at a steady 60F in my ferm chamber. I'm flying out of country tomorrow for 5 days, and am trying to decide what's best in my absence? - Let it ride as-is at 60F for another 6-7 days until I can cold crash...

Mainly a homebrewer, though I have a two month old batch of Apfelwine in a fermenter I'll be bottling soon. The local homebrew club I recently joined has a yearly Meading in January that I'm participating in. We've bought honey in bulk, and we're all going to make batches of mead at the...

Made this Brewers Best kit last Sunday, the instructions recommend a fermentation temp between 68-72F. The spec sheet for S-04 on Safale's website says ideal temp between 59-68F. I'm fermenting in a freezer that was at 65F last Sunday, and has slowly dropped to 61F over the week due to ambient...

Like new, used for three batches and them moved up to a chest freezer for fermenting. If you don't know about the Cool Brewing Bag, well, it's cool. Literally. Like a giant soft-side lunch bag for for your bucket or carboy, it keeps your beer at perfect ferment temperatures using just a few...

Did an LME porter kit today, with steeping grains, 6.5lbs of LME and 8oz of maltodextrin. I forgot to add the maltodextrin. Other than a few points less OG, what else am I losing?

Help me out here, got this as part of a white elephant gift exchange from my LHBS.

Made an IPA on Black Friday with my son while the girls went out shopping. It's been fermenting for 17 days now at 62-64 degrees, and I'd like to dry hop with whole leaves in the primary (bucket), using a mesh bag for about 5 days before kegging. A few Qs: - Any need to cold crash before dry...

Made a True Brew Oktoberfest kit back in mid-September. Used a Cool Brewing bag to keep the fermenting bucket in, and kept temps between 62-67F. Stayed in the bag for about a month, then cold-crashed in the bucket at 40F in a freezer for a few more weeks. Kegged and and carbed about a week...

New light blue glass carboy, either 6 or 6.5 (I'll check and edit), never used with brand new carrying handle. Looking for clean and functional pin lock Cornie.

What's the optimal temperature for fermenting an Ale yeast, Muntons in particular? And high and low points where bad things could occur?

Brewed my first beer in about 30 years yesterday, good times. A mini-mash 'Oktoberfest' (style) from True Brew, with possibly the worst instructions I had ever seen. Glad I did my homework and found the great resources and folks here at HBT, otherwise Lord knows how bad it could have turned out...

Sold at Home Depot, says it has a 'special, light mineral blend for great taste'. What little I could find on the web was a brief analysis that said: Calcium Ion: 0.7 PPM Magnesium: 0.8 PPM Sulfates: 3.4 PPM Sodium: 3.8 PPM Other Principal Components: Chloride 3.5 PPM Would this be...

While cleaning up my rat's nest, I found three 1oz packs of Crystal hops. They have been in a South Texas garage since about January, still sealed in the HBS vac-packs. I'm planning on throwing them out, unless someone tells me otherwise. :confused: Edit: And I just found two unopened packs...

They're major overkill for a kegerator or keezer, but great for more 'in-depth' applications. These are the 1/8 DIN size. I have four available, gently used in great physical condition. Links to specs and manual below. Asking $60 each, plus shipping...