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hey guys, I want to condition and mill my grains 48 hours before my brewday. do you thing that could be a problem, and do you think the malt could spoil over that time, considering the 2% extra moisture in it? I keep my milled grains in plastic bags, so I thought this fact might also...

Hi guys, I've been working on a brewing website and I would like to make a form in which members could do basic calculations - IBUs, SRM, Efficiency, Strike temps, temperature conversions etc... where can I get accurate formulas for this? Is there anybody who is willing to share .xls or...

after almost two years

I had an over carbonated batch of beer in my bottles. It seems I bottled too early. Couple of bottles exploded, and I decided to save the rest. I took a half of the bottles (that's what fit my freezer) and put them in the ice, trying to cool them as cold as possible without freezing them. This...

Blue ESB 8-C Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) Author: D. Date: 24.7.2012 Size: 6,00*gal Efficiency: 73,0% Attenuation: 78,0% Calories: 242,64*kcal per 16 fl oz Original Gravity: 1,052 (1,048 - 1,060) |=============#==================| Terminal Gravity: 1,011...

how would you describe those off flavors?

hey guys, I'm new to GF brewing. it seems that I might have gluten intolerance. at this moment I'm waiting for the results of blood analysis.... meanwhile, I'm reading about GF brewing, just in case. I wonder is it possible to brew 100% buckwheat malt beer? let's say I can malt 10lb of...

ok people, I'm searching all over the internet for this info, but no luck. If I want to boil off some bicarbonates from my hard water how long do I have to boil and how do I know how much of it precipitated? is there a formula? something like - 5 minutes of boiling equals 100ppm...

hey guys, what's the best water profile for this recipe?

make an ice bath and add 1 lb of table salt to it... it should lower the temperature of the bath to below freezing....

I brewed an Alt with WLP036 yeast and 93% Munich malt. Original gravity was 1.046. After two weeks the gravity is at 1.016 and it won't go lower... Do you think adding some US-05 yeast would make it go at least two points down to 1.014 or even more? I'd really like this beer to be a bit...

thanks for all the replies. what about hefeweizens? is it true that they taste really bad even after only couple of months? some people suggest that they should be drank within a month from bottling day....

ok, at the beginning of my brewing career I was wondering what's the shortest time from bottling to drinking, but since I became more serious brewer (brewing a lot 12 gal batches) now I wonder what's the longest time from bottling without any harm to the beer. so, I'd like to hear experience...

Anyone used this one? It's dried yeast from Australia - they have ale, lager and weiss.... Quite cheap and quite interesting characteristics - allegedly the ale strain ferments clean up to 90F (!!), while their lager strain ferments clean at 59F but can stand even higher temperatures... I...

or to add all my salts to mash (by now I always cut it in half and add one half to the mash and the other one to the kettle...) because I read somewhere that it should be done like that... now I'm really confused....

do you suggest that I toss everything from the bottom of the kettle (whatever this sediment is) to the fermentor?

I forgot to mention maybe the most important thing - my CaCl is 6-hydrate I always compensate adding 50% more of it because it has more water molecules attached to it... But - could this cause it less dissolvable?

hey guys, I have 163 ppm HCO3 in my water.... I'll brew a hefeweizen tomorrow with this water - I just wanted to ask do you find this too hard for the style? What off flavors should I expect? Is it possible to get a good hefeweizen with such a water? I can't buy any distilled water today to...

I always use some CaCl in my brewing water, especially when I want maltier beer. I add some to the mash, and some to the kettle, according to ez calculator. Problem is that I always find undissolved CaCl on the bottom of the kettle after the boil is done, while I'm transfering to the...

For a long time people thought that our planet is a flat disc carried by couple of turtles. It lasted for a long time and a lot of people were killed only because they doubted it. Statistically, there are more people here believing in short fermentation theory. I guess I'll just have to...