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This is the standard setting at my local shop, I am getting low efficiency while batch sparking and wondering if I should ask for a finer setting to possibly help with my low efficiency issues?

I tracked down my local water report and got some interesting numbers: ph- 9.5 total alkalinity- 45 total-hardness- 80 calcium- 28 magnesium- 2.5 sodium- 16.7 sulfates- 23 free ci2- 1.04 It looks like my water is really soft with high Ph. Does this explain why most of my dark...

I am making a knock off of EdWorts Haus Ale and would like to dry hop just a small amount (maybe 1/4 ounce). Obviously I am looking for more of a hoppy version of Ed's recipe, not a clone. I have the following hops to choose: Simcoe, Anthum, Galena, Willimette I could change up the...

I just brewed Jamil's Sweet Stout and it called for wyeast whitbread ale yeast. I washed some of it and was wondering if anyone has used this for any other styles?

Do i need to do anything with a sparkling clean new copper chiller before it's first use. I know to put it in the boil for 15 minutes, but didn't know if I had to do anything else?

Got all of my AG components for christmas:rockin: I am going to make my first recipe i got from a Jamil show Podcast. Let me know what you think. JZ Sweet Stout Sweet Stout Type: All Grain Batch Size: 6.00 gal Boil Size: 7.51 gal Boil Time: 90 min Ingredients Amount...

please give me your opinion, steeping grains as i type this, and have both options.

I am going to be doing my first All-grain very soon, and was just thinking of a couple recipes, but realized something. If i were to choose a Mild with 7 lbs of grain, instead of a Stout with 12 lbs of grain, and keep the same mash volume (1.25 mash, 1/2 gallon per lb for sparge), I will...

First time attempting a Mild, let me know what you think. Type: Partial Mash Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU 3.50 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 48.28 % 2.00 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 27.59 % 1.00 lb Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 13.79 %...

I have an ounce of each hallertauer mittelfrueh, cascade, centennial, anthum, galena, and glacier. Anyone use any of these hops in a Mild? Suggestions?

I noticed when cleaining out my stock pot that after it dried, it looked really dull, so it rinsed it again and wiped it out with a paper towel and on the towel was a residue that was greyish/black. I am concerned now that i might be getting some metallic flavors in any beer i make using that...

I am tasting my first Bud American Ale as I type this (the first Bud product i have tasted in over 6 months actually). I have to say that it isn't too bad! Since i just started making my own beer recently, my pallet isn't as well-rounded to give a detailed description, but it has a nice color...

I am planning on pitching an IPA onto a yeast cake from a blonde ale, and would like to avoid the possibility of using a blow-off tube, since I will be using a bucket and am not quite sure how to fashion a blow-off tube. Can i just scoop out most of the trub and leave 1/2 of the yeast cake to...

Based on what my LHBS had on hand this is the recipe i came up with. It is a partial mash, 6 gallon total volume, 3 gallon boil. 6.5 lbs LME (add most at end of boil) 4 lbs Munich (mash @152, 60 min) 1 lb Caramunich (steep) 1oz. Saaz (5.8%, 60 minutes) 1oz. spalt (2%, 60 min.) 1/2oz...

i would love to do ed's octoberfest ale recipe, but it looks like the vienna and munich need to be mashed. The recipe calls for 5.5lbs of vienna and 2# of munich as well as 1# of other grains. I have the option to partial mash close to 4.5# of grain either in a small cooler or in the oven. My...

I am just getting used to making my own recipe's and this one is made up of some items i have at home (yeast, hops). It is an extract recipe, with late addition method. My goal is a lighter color, not-so-bitter, beer for my wife who says all my beers are "too bitter". Let me know what you think...

I brewed a brown ale that used Nottingham yeast and after 2 weeks in the primary it still had small white-ish clumps floating around in the beer, i assumed krausen. When i racked to the bottling bucket i had to use a strainer, which was a PITA. Now i have an irish red in primary and it is...

Hopefully i don't get kicked out of this forum, but i am just wondering what is the effect on a beer if you withhold some of the fermentables and try for something with a very low alcohol content? Don't get me wrong, I LOVE GREAT TASTING BEER, but i don't like headaches, dragging at work the...

I am starting to do partial mashes, and during my last one i pre-heated my cooler with some boiling water, let it cool down, then added tthe grain when it was at strike temp. Will this cause a problem?