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Thanks Jay, I appreciate your input. Anything I do has been based on something I have read somewhere or saw in a video at one time or another but that certainly doesn’t mean I am doing it correctly. I’ll pay attention to this advice and be sure to use brunwater before my next brew. I have a...

The feedback and advice is outstanding, thank you all for the support. I’m taking it all on-board and will ensure my next batch is a winner. many thanks to you all

That’s awesome, thanks for taking the time to provide that, many thanks bwible. Bobby asked a question regarding my temp control of the fermentation, that’s something I can’t control at the moment, do any of you feel that using a Kveik yeast would solve the problem I have of fermenting over 68...

Fantastic tips IslandLizard, much appreciated

So after reviewing all of your valuable feedback, I will be making the following changes to my next brew. I’m going to use micraftbeer’s water additions suggestion and see how that affects the taste I’ll be using yeast nutrient, a first for me. I’ll chill in the kettle and then add this to the...

Seiving not serving as autocorrect seems to like

I seem to recall somewhere that aerating hot wort was a no no...do you think dumping and serving the hot wort into the fermenter is having a negative effect?

The wort is dumped through a sieve into the fermenter, removing the amount of hops you would expect to when serving the wort. Once in the fermenter, it takes about 15 minutes to chill to 68, the only difference between cooling in the kettle and cooling in the fermenter would be the amount of...

Hi Brewn, thanks for that great advice, that’s very interesting, do you know if the boil has no effect on these minerals and their effect is the same whether pre mash or post ferment?

Thanks for the suggestions, all greatly appreciated

Hi dawn_k, When extract brewing, I used to boil around 3.5 gallons, lose about half a gallon during boil and chill in an ice bath for about 15 minutes or so then top up my fermenter with chilled distilled water to the 5 gallon mark. Now I’m using an immersion chiller that I place in the boil for...

Hi Jim, thanks for the reply. My strike and sparge water are 4.5 gallons each, I get around 3.5 gallons from my first runnings, around 7.5 gallons total, I don’t check for brew house efficiency and only check gravities prior to pitching yeast and following fermentation as I’m kegging. Ph is...

Awesome, thanks for your suggestions to the hops rjhoff. I must add that I have brewed many extract beers using similar hop quantities to those I had posted earlier and was getting great results, something I can’t narrow down has every all grain batch tasting exactly the same, regardless of the...

Thanks for the advice Birrus, correct in your assumption of municipal water report. I would prefer to continue with RO water despite the option, the well water profile changes based on weather, rainfall or lack of so sending off for a report each time I want to brew is not something I would...

No temp control, it floats between 66 and 72 depending on how vigorous the yeast are, I cool to 68, pitch the yeast and the next morning i will have active fermentation for about 4 days at 70 -72, it will slow down and temp drops to around 68 again for a week and then will drop to around 66...

Thanks Bobby, I should add that I was doing it that way originally and switched to adding to the boil instead while trying to determine the cause of my problem. Adding to the boil instead of the strike water did not make a difference to the issue I was having it will switch back as you suggest...

Hops are tossed in loose into the boil, dry hopped using a hop sock, exact same way when I was brewing extract, no change except in hoppiness flavour and aroma.

I got it from amazon, I have attached a pic and product description from amazon

I can check the bottle for an ingredients list tomorrow and let you know, ph was from a meter, I mentioned buying it directly after the grain mill in the op. I’ll give your profile a run on my next brew, thanks for the suggestion.