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just got my water profile back today from ward labs. ive known about my alkalinity issue and have been adding lactic acid to drop my ph where i need it. seems like my sodium is way out of range at 114 . only way to fix this is diluting with ro or distilled water right? any other issues...

pitched wlp802 in .5 gallon 1.040 dme. its been 24 hours and still 1.040. never had this happen before - not sure if im screwed and should go by more yeast tomorrow or what. any thoughts?

Anyone ever here of this enzyme (Alpha acetolactate decarboxylase) commercial brewers use to for maturation, applied in fermentation to reduce fermentation time by avoiding diacetyl formation? It reduces maturation time in lagers by preventing the formation of diacetyl by catalyzing the...

i have a clone recipe Magic Hat #9 that calls for apricot additions. I'm using 3lbs of apricot puree. i found this article about adjusting OG to account for fruit additions, that I found interesting and useful...so thought i would share in case you ever have done it or do it in the future. for...

used this for my first time to brew a dunkle weizen. i usually use wlp300, but thought id try something new. used the same recipe i always use, with the yeast being the exception. what i notice is a kind of tartness, without any smell associated with the tartness (e.g. no green apple smell)...

Looking for feedback on a few things. is 150F for 60 minutes a good mash temp for this light bodies lager? going to do my first batch sparge (usually fly sparge). should i strike with about 180, or a little lower at 170-75? lastly, for my yeast starter, do you ferment it at 65 vs. cooler...

Only my second all grain brew. Nailed my targets for mash and efficiency. SG 1.048, FG 1.010 after 7 days and just put it into secondary. Midwest FG says 1.014-018. New, so don't really know what lower than target FG means, and if I should get the secondary into cold immediately too let it...

Brewing my second dunkle weizen in a few days. Last one I didn't get the best efficiency and mash conversion to fermentable sugar out of my wheat. After crunching all my data, it appeared my wheat wasn't crushed fine enough I think. Anyone have ideas or experiences using malted wheat like pale...

every probe thermometer with a wire from instrument to the probe has gone haywire when the wire gets hot from the mash or water above 100F. does anyone know of a probe themometer with wire attaching it to the bas unit that doesnt malfunction from high heat or water? i saw this one but dont...

every probe thermometer with a wire from instrument to the probe has gone haywire when the wire gets hot from the mash or water above 100F. does anyone know of a probe themometer with wire attaching it to the bas unit that doesnt malfunction from high heat or water? i saw this one but...

BREWING THIS DUNKLE WEIZEN......Comments, suggestions welcome! Ingredients 11# Amt Name Type # %/IBU 6.0 oz Rice Hulls (0.0 SRM) Adjunct 1 1.8 % 6 lbs Pale Wheat (Wyerman) German (1.5 SRM) Grain 2 54.5 % 2 lbs Rahr (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 18.2 % 1 lbs 8.0 oz Vienna Malt...

did my first AGB today. hit my mash temp of 154F and held for 60 minutes at that temp. fly sparged my 4.5 gallons at 170F...drawing 1/2 quart per minute. got a little over 7 gallons of wort from 9.08 gallons of mash and sparge. water. supposed to hit 1.042-44 preboil SG.....hit 1.34. had...

did my first AGB today. hit my mash temp of 154F and held for 60 minutes at that temp. fly sparged my 4.5 gallons at 170F...drawing 1/2 quart per minute. got a little over 7 gallons of wort from 9.08 gallons of mash and sparge. water. supposed to hit 1.042-44 preboil SG.....hit 1.34. had...

did my first AGB today. hit my mash temp of 154F and held for 60 minutes at that temp. fly sparged my 4.5 gallons at 170F...drawing 1/2 quart per minute. got a little over 7 gallons of wort from 9.08 gallons of mash and sparge. water. supposed to hit 1.042-44 preboil SG.....hit 1.34. had...

my first all grain brew this weekend. it calls for a protein rest at 122f for 15 minutes. so here's my question: calculator says heat my 14.6 quarts of water to 136F, then add my grains for a protein rest temp of 122F for 15 minutes. can i then just turn the heat on and stir as i bring the...

my first all grain brew this weekend. it calls for a protein rest at 122f for 15 minutes. so here's my question: calculator says heat my 14quarts of water to 136F, then add my grains for a protein rest temp of 122F for 15 minutes. can i then just turn the heat on and stir as i bring the mash...

ok so after 6 days in primary, my gravity is 1.012...basically done as SG was 1.044. definitely taste orange and spice, but its a touch bitter. anything i can do before i rack to secondary to take the edge of the bitterness.? is it too much hops here or what? 6lb wheat lme, 8oz carapils. 1.5 oz...

ok so after 6 days in primary, my gravity is 1.012...basically done as SG was 1.044. definitely taste orange and spice, but its a touch bitter. anything i can do before i rack to secondary to take the edge of the bitterness.? is it too much hops here or what?

Read about beer bug...not for sale yet. Anyone know of a digital hydrometer?

Beginners mistake...I forced carbonated my dark wheat beer without tasting it. It's too sweet and I hate it. Figure i didn't have right attenuation. Anyone ever take a carbonated beer and return it too carboy for another round of fermentation