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Long time batch sparger. Setup is a direct fired 20g Spike mash tun with false bottom and March pump for recirculation. My usual process for say a 1.070 OG beer is to follow Beersmith to get around 1.3 qt/lb of grain into the mash tun, add my grains, stir and let settle, and then begin the...

Hello. Curious if any of you could be considered 'experts' with Belgian yeasts. Looking for some in depth advice on the various strains that might help me decide on one for an upcoming brew. Looking mainly for experience with the white labs strains. Any tips on flavors you've found at certain...

Upgrading the brewery a bit and buying some SS quick disconnects, and some new silicone hose. The hose is 3/4" OD. Just wondering what size ear / Oetiker clamp would be the one for this size hose? It seems like 19.8mm open, 16.6mm closed would do it, but wasn't sure if anyone had some real world...

I've been brewing for quite some time, and I've always been under the impression that adding ~10% table sugar to a beer will dry it out without adding any additional flavors. 100% fermentable, nothing left but alcohol and co2 after fermentation. Several stronger beers that i've recently used...

Been trying for many many batches to nail a solid DIPA that is tailored just to me. Strong bitterness, great malt backbone, fruity hop character, nice finish, yada yada. Overshot OG on this batch (odd as I have beersmith and my brew house eff dialed in) and started at 1.088. Pearl malt base...

Brewing tonight and with the summer ground water can only get down to around 85-90F with a reasonable flow rate through my CFC. My question is, I can set my chest freezer to any temp, and I've been looking for a chart that shows temp loss from a carboy (or other 5.5gal liquid) over time, for a...

So I was reading this article before brewing my most recent Belg Golden Strong. https://beerandbrewing.com/belgian-beer-youre-probably-doing-it-wrong/ I think out of that I read it wrong and was thinking that even with modified malts (like the standard Dingemans Pils that I used) a protein...

The last DIPA I brewed has a great balance of bitterness to malt, and I really like the hop flavor provided by the whirlpool hop additions. I believe that the Wyeast 1318 provided a great ester'y profile and I allowed temps to rise a little into the mid 70's during peak fermentation, which I...

Interested in these, and the price drops significantly if you purchase 3 or more. Let me know if anyone would want to go in on this. Thanks. http://www.brewjacket.com/buy-now/

So this discussion got a little lost in another thread I had started, so asking the question here to hopefully get a better response. The scenario is I was working with one grain bill from a previous batch, and realized I overdosed with phosphoric acid (85%). I replicated close to the very same...

I brewed a DIPA with gigayeast's Vermont strain (starter with their double pitch yeast packet) and then washed and collected what I could from that batch. I also have Imperial Organic Barbarian liquid yeast and was wondering if I should just add this to the washed Vermont I have from the DIPA...

I have a chest freezer with Ranco digital temp controller. I have a Speidel fermenter with a thermowell that sticks down in the wort. The probe from my Ranco is a perfect fit and I push that all the way down to the bottom of the thermowell so it's pretty tight and I'm sure within +/- 1° of ferm...

So I had been very interested over the past few years in water adjustments, analyzing my local water report, etc to improve my beers. With most lighter grain bills my mash pH would settle to around 5.7-5.8, which from my readings, could benefit from an adjustment to get it closer into the...

So I purchased a used gear motor, model # 42R5BFCI-5N. I'm trying to get it wired up to a switch so I can reverse the direction. I have a DPDT switch with on-off-on (center position is off). I don't seem to have it wired properly. Looking at the diagram here I figured it would be wired up...

So for xmas I got a Hanna submersible pH pen to start to get into monitoring pH as a way to elevate my brewing practice. I bought the calibration solutions and it was dead on (only accurate to the tenth of a decimal, 0.1). I used it for the first time on an all Pils malt bill Belgian Golden...

I'm selling my used Shirron plate chiller. I purchased this 3 years ago and it has worked very well for me ever since. The most important thing with a plate chiller is keeping it clean as there are several plates fused together with very small gaps where lots of things (hops, trub) can...

I now filter through a whole house water filter (basic carbon filter) because I can keep the flow rate pretty high so it doesn't take forever to fill the HLT. I was just curious, what exactly do carbon filters remove? I just want to make sure I'm not removing too much out of my mid range water...

Here are the results of my water from the local authority website: 7.58 pH 280 Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 19.5 Sodium, Na 161 Calcium, Ca 17.8 Magnesium, Mg 227 Total Hardness, CaCO3 74 Sulfate, SO4-S 34 Chloride, Cl 158 Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 < 0.01 Total Iron, Fe...

Looking to sell my March 809 pump. It is in very good condition and has been well cared for. I bought it new and had it mounted on my stand every since. It does not have the mounting bracket built into the housing, as I wanted more mounting location flexibility, so I fabricated a pretty cool...

Started my stand build tonight. I like the weldless concept, but didn't like the thin (relative to Strut material) wall section of the angle stock I was seeing at Lowes/HD. I looked into this material after seeing a few others use it, and designed my custom 2 station stand (1 pump, will keep...