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    Water analysis help

    Looking for suggestions based on the following water profile. They sent these measurements in mg/l. Most tutorials and other threads with the same topic seem to be in ppm. Sodium 24.0 mg/L Sulfate 47.0 mg/L Chloride 17.0 mg/L Hardness as CaCo3 32.0 mg/L Alkalinity 26.0 mg/L Carbon Dioxide 5.0...
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    Pressure Issues with Secondary Reg

    I've expanded a bit in terms of my brewing operation and needed to add a secondary regulator body to my existing CO2 setup. I now have a Kegco Dual Gauge/Dual product regulator (like this) and I added a second regulator body (like this)between the Kegco and the CO2 tank. The single body...
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    Top Up Water

    So.....I think I may have wasted some time this evening. I had the bright idea that I would boil up some top up water a few days ahead of my brew day. This would allow me to cool this "clean" water and have it ready to top up my wort after my brew day this friday. So i boiled up 5 gallons of...
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    Johnson Controller Question

    I borrowed a Johnson Controller A419 from a friend to try my hand at a lager. I'm using it in a 5cf chest freezer. The wort is in a fermenting bucket with a blowoff tube installed. The temp probe for the controller is in a bottle of water (probe suspended not touching sides of container, and is...
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    Bad Crush on grain?

    Yesterday I bought grain from the LHBS and had them crush it there using their mill as I don't have my own. I bought over 20 lbs of grain to do two separate batches this weekend. I brewed the first batch last night and my efficiency was wayyy low at 56% (according to beer smith and my gravity...
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    Mixing yeast strains

    I'm brewing an American brown ale beer. My starting gravity is going to be much higher than expected (1.072). I have a 1600 yeast starter made with wyeast London ale 1028 that's been going for about 16 hours. I don't think this pitch rate wi be high enough. I have a pack of dry S05. Is it ok to...
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    New in NC

    Hey guys, I've been using the site for information off and on for about 6 months. There are a number of very good resources here. So I thought I'd finally join. I'm Mike, I'm located in Graham NC. I've been brewing for about 6 months now. I've got about 10 batches under my belt with the last...
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