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I go to nb and I had them check the mills when I was there. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Yeah, I'm no expert either, hence all of the questions. I'm trying to read up as fast as I can, but there is a ton to know when troubleshooting efficiency. My volumes are close, not 100% exact, I have a scale that I marked out on my brewing spoon. When I used distilled, I didn't add anything...

I don't have a water report. I guess I'll be needing one. I know that my water is crazy hard. 15 grains per gallon and that the ph is 7.75. That's all I have though... I live in Shoreview, MN a suburb of the Twin Cities. Billl- Should I just get lactic acid or what? I'm new to making these kind...

So I have been having problems with hitting my OG. After posting my issues here, as well as talking with some employees of NB, I have started to move towards adjusting mash PH. I have ruled out the crush, my instruments, etc.. so the next thing to try varying is mash PH because I think my PH's...

10 Gallon round igloo cooler MLT- 5 gallon batches- Fly sparge with SS false bottom (which I know I have been running a bit too fast, so I will try and correct this tomorrow). Extraction eff. last brew was 67%- My volume ended .5 gallon high by accident making my brewhouse eff. 57%. I don't...

So I have been having problems with hitting my OG. After posting my issues here, as well as talking with some employees of NB, I have started to move towards adjusting mash PH. I have ruled out the crush, my instruments, etc.. so the next thing to try varying is mash PH because I think my PH's...

Thanks for all the help guys. I'm brewing a winter warmer this weekend, so in gonna try to change one variable at a time and dial in my system.

You are correct in assuming false bottom.

I also just realized that mash PH was brought up a couple of times. I do nothing at this point to correct my water. I just tap water. I thought the only impact of ph was flavor?

I've never batched sparged. Do I just add half of the sparge water. Stir like mad and then collect runnings? Do that twice? Does that really simplify anything? Or is it just likely to rinse the grains better than a fly sparge? I've noticed that people say that collecting 7-8 gallons of wort...

Okay, so I guess what I'm hearing is that it is almost guaranteed that my crush is the problem, and that if I can dial that in, and make sure my post boil volumes are good, I should be hitting my numbers dead on. I will obviously check my thermometers and hydrometers to ensure accuracy and maybe...

I think the lhbs has there mills locked at a certain point... If not, how can I tell if I'm getting the right crush? I would be okay with getting a mill if I thought it would solve my problem, however, I run into the same problem of having no way to judge if my crush is good. What method of fly...

I'll have to check my thermometer, but it's a digital and I bought/ calibrated it when I started AG. I understand the crush can impact my efficiency, but then I would at least be consistently off if I keep going to the same lhbs? And just have lower efficiency? When I take my og it is after I...

I need some help here guys and gals. I've been brewing for a little over a year and have recently made the jump to AG. I've been really hit and miss with my OG's and I'm not sure what to do. It's a total bummer to hugely miss your OG. Maybe I'm missing something... Below is some info on my...

I appreciate all of the posts, however, I think it's too simple to say that "you're brewing the same type of beer, of course they're going to taste the same." Pick your favorite style of beer, couldn't you put two commercial craft brews (I know, contradiction, but you get the idea) side by side...

Thanks for all of the tips guys, I will make sure to give these a shot. In particular, I think the temperature and aging might be the issue. I keep my house at 66, so my basement is even cooler than that. During active attenuation my fermometers usually say 62-64 which is the lower end of the...

I'm at a loss. I've been brewing for about 6 months. In that time period I have brewed 7 beers and so far I'm not impressed. Most of my beers have been okay, but not "great" as some people have described their extract brews. The beer I have made all tastes like "extract beer" to me, not like a...

I already made a 650 ml starter and it's finished, so I was going to build it up to make sure I have at least 1 L, but I have never built up, so I'm not sure how much wort to add to the second step up?

What do you use to measure in grams? I don't think I have anything to do that around the house....

So should I do another pint? or should I do 350 ml water and 1/4 cup of DME? That would make the total wort 1000 ml. I recently heard about over pitching and that it can produce off flavors, but I don't know how easy/ hard that is to do. I would say it's better to pitch more than you think you...