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Brew day on this quad was 9-3-15, OG was right on at 1.097. About a month and a half ago a whitish thin layer began to develop. About 2 weeks ago I pulled a sample. Not sour what so ever. More like a very smooth cognac. But the white layer on top has developed rapidly. I'm thinking about taking...

Im using a brutus 10 rig and recircing back on top of the grain bed via a march pump and a sparge arm. I cant seem to ever get the grain bed to get up to the temp that I have set on my controller. I usually preheat the mash water in the MLT several degrees warmer than the actual mash temp. I...

I've just started playing with the Bru n Water calculator to try and get my horrible well water manageable to use. I'm still a little worried that I may be needing to much phosphoric acid to help get my pH to the desired level. What its calling for is 8.1mL for 6.5 gallons of strike water and...

I've been brewing all grain for almost 1 1/2 years. I have been using my well water for the majority of my batches but sometimes would dilute it with RO, knowing that I had hard water. I finally sent a sample in to Ward Labs and got my results back. I've also had a lingering after taste in all...

My buddy and I have just recently started into the hobby, he is doing extract and I'm doing all grain. Anyways we both decided to get away from bottling and start kegging our beer. We both made kegerators, my buddy found an old fridge at work and in a few weeks turned it into a sweet thunder...

Need some help guys. I've had this hefeweizen in the carboy for 24 days. I had a OG of 1.052 and last reading took was 1.022today . I followed the recipe exactly as it was described and been fermenting around 70 degrees. Any suggestions on why the gravity is taking so long to drop? Any...