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I have low mash efficiency and am trying to narrow down the most likely reason and I think it may be the grain crush. I batch sparge. Equipment: 10 gal orange HD cooler with a 36" SS braided hose. Most recent grain bill: 3 lbs Marris Otter 3 lbs 2 row 1.5 lbs Munich .5 lb C60 .5 Honey Malt...

This is my first venture into understanding water chemistry and and mash pH. Below are the results for my tap water. I have read the sticky Primer (the first 15 or so pages at least) and if I understand correctly, since my alkalinity is as high as it is, even mixing with RO water would not get...

My aim with this brew is an IPA with a slightly sweet malt profile and a tropical & citrus hop flavor and aroma. I am looking for feedback primarily on the grain bill. Is this too much going on by having C40, cara-pils, and honey malt? How about the 2lbs of Vienna malt? What will that add to the...

Making a rye IPA Sunday with an OG around 1070. I will be using WLP001 that I harvested and washed from a previous brew back in May. I typically do starters with a stir plate and liquid yeast tubes. I am unclear of how to accurately so a starter and calculate the number of cells with the yeast a...

I was at Bells for the 4th annual homebrew expo yesterday and got around 6 gallons of their basic 2 row wort (as did 200 other people there). So now I have a recipe that I want to brew but want to know the best way to incorporate the other grains (aromatic, biscuit, crystal #, whatever). I was...

I made my starter at 8pm tonight. I am brewing tomorrow and anticipate being redy to pitch around 8pm, so 24 hours later. I made a 1L starter with 100 grams DME using White Labs 001 California Ale Yeast. It is on my stir plate doing its thing. Here is my question: 1) do I let it stay on the...

Working in Beersmith to create this Belgian Dubbel/Dark Strong recipe. A local microbrewery, Greenbush, has a brew called Isole. On their website they list the ingredients but not measurements. I used an existing Dubbel recipe from BS and made adjustments so that the grain bill has the...

I am planning my next batch to be a partial mash / partial boil recipe, due to my limitation of a 20qt brew pot. My mash will consist of 9 total lbs of grains. So if I go with 1.5 quarts of water for each lb that means 13.5 quarts at the start of the mash. It would seem that I would not net...

I'll be brewing this Friday morning. I have the Brewers Best Double IPA kit http://www.brewersbestkits.com/pdf/New%20BB%20Recipes/1035%20Double%20IPA%20Recipe.pdf but would like to make some tweeks and additions. So at my disposal I have the following: Fermentables: 9.9 lbs light LME 1 lb...

Tomorrow I will be bottling my beer, thread here https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/first-brew-completed-imperial-pale-ale-modifications-367793/ I have a question about the desired CO2 volume? I used this site http://www.northernbrewer.com/priming-sugar-calculator/ And based on something...

My Brewers Best Imperial Pale has been in plastic 6.5 gal primary fermentation bucket for 3 weeks. Today I added a couple ounces of Chinook to the beer, still in the primary bucket. I am planning on bottling 6 days from now but want to make sure my next series of events are ok. Today added...

Had a friend over this morning and did my first brew. I did Brewers Best Imperial Pale Ale http://www.brewersbestkits.com/pdf/New%20BB%20Recipes/1045%20Imperial%20Pale%20Ale%20Recipe.pdf I did make a couple of modifications though. First, I added the 6.6 LME at around 10 minutes remaining...

I'll be brewing my first batch this Wednesday, using the Brewers Best Imperial Pale Ale kit http://www.brewersbestkits.com/pdf/New%20BB%20Recipes/1045%20Imperial%20Pale%20Ale%20Recipe.pdf I have 4oz of chinook in the freezer that I would like to use instead of, or in addition to the Columbus...

I have the Brewers Best Imperial Pale Ale ingredient kit http://www.brewersbestkits.com/pdf/New%20BB%20Recipes/1045%20Imperial%20Pale%20Ale%20Recipe.pdf that I will be brewing this weekend, my first brew. I've been helping out a hobby hop farmer this summer and have about 4oz of his Chinook...

Hi all. Just signed up to the forum after lurking for a few weeks, what a great resource. Here is the recipe I used: 12 lbs honey (my own, am a beekeeper) 6 tsp yeast energizer 5 tbs acid blend 3/4 tsp tannin 5 campden tablets 3 lbs apricot puree (Vintners Harvest) Lalvin EC 1118 5g...

Hi all. I am new to home brewing and mead making. Two days ago I started my first batch of apricot melomel. I will also begin my first batch of beer in about 3 weeks. My wife bought me the Better Beer deluxe home brewing kit along with the Imperial Pale Ale ingredient kit. I enjoy craft beers...