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I tired to measure the pH of my mash and the wort in the kettle on Saturday for the first time and found that I needed to soak the probe of the meter for 2 to 4 hours before the first use. I ended up measuring the pH of the samples the following day. I covered the samples with a paper towel...

When looking in our cupboard I ran across this big bag of what purports to be epsom salt. See attached picture. Can I use this for brewing?

So which state has the most liberal home brewing laws? I am familiar with what is going on in California but what about other states? Are there any states that are more liberal than what is being proposed in California?

I have attached a picture of 4 tail pieces that I tried to clean this weekend. This is after they soaked in oxyclean for a couple days. The one in the middle on the top and the one on the bottom are the same and appear to have chrome flaking off of them. The one on the left on top is...

The sticker or paper facing on one of my dials has curled up inside the dial and interferes with the needle movement. Can the dial housing generally be taken apart? I will try to take a picture a little later. Thanks for the help.

I bought several jugs of distilled water from the store to brew with. Would it have chlorine or chloramide in it? In other words, should I treat the water with campden tablets? Thanks.

Did a 10 gallon batch of all mosaic DIPA. Dry hopped the first 5 gallons with 2 ozs of mosaic and really liked it. I would like to add maybe an ounce of another hop to the mosaic in the second 5 gallon batch. Any suggestions? I was thinking maybe simcoe but am open to suggestions. Thanks...

I feel like an idiot. I was under the "View" tab and hit "menu bar" I think. Whatever I hit, it made the menu bar at the top of the page disappear and now I can't figure how to get it back. Tried the Help section on BeerSmith to no avail. I hope someone out there can help me. Thanks.

I'm building a keggle and need some help with dip tube options. The first one I made essentially came out a couple of inches from the wall of the keg, took a 90 degree turn down and ended approx. 1.5 inches from the bottom. I put an SS pot scrubber on the bottom to help filter out hops and...

I am planning on brewing the Pointon's Proper English Style Dark Mild for the Big Brew on Saturday and have a few questions. I batch sparge and usually use "spring" water that I buy at the store and do not make any additions to my water. This recipe calls for fly sparging and says to use...

I had to reformat my computer and reinstall Windows XP Pro. Really the only things that I had on the computer that I wanted to save were BeerSmith recipes and my BeerSmith settings (equipment, inventory and such). So, before reinstalling XP, I copied all of the BS files that I could find...

Doing an Irish Red and the recipe calls for East Kent Goldings (5% AAU) as the only hop addition. It is a 60 minute addition. I don't have EKG. What would be a good sub? I have Willamette and Cascade which have similar AAU ratings. I also have several other hops that have a much higher...

I am going to brew a Scottish 70 today and the recipe calls for .5 lbs of honey malt. I do not have the honey malt. What can I sub for it? I have all sorts of crystal malts, amber malt, vienna, cara vienna, melanoidin, munich and victory. Thanks for your help

Hey. I understand that campden tablets can remove chlorine and another chlora-something from tap water. But how do you use it. Does it cause the chlorine and the chlora-something to fall to the bottom of the container or does it simply vanish into thin air? If I use campden tablets do I need...

Looking for a 10 or 12 gallon stainless steel kettle. I will likely add a ball valve myself. Has anyone priced these recently and if so please post some links for me to check out. Tried the search feature but to no avail. Thanks for your help.

I want to brew the West Coast Blaster recipe from Brewing Classic Styles. It calls for the use of English Pale Ale malt but I don't have that. What I have is American Pale Ale malt and Marris Otter. Which do you suggest I use to sub for the English Pale Ale? I suspect that it would turn out...

I just mashed in on 11 lbs of grain. For some reason BS told me to use 11 qts of water and I did not notice the problem until I had already mixed the water in and saw how thick the mash was. For some reason (sure it is user error) BS told my to use 1 qt to 1 lb ratio rather than 1.25 to 1...

Doing my first batch that calls for flaked wheat since getting my mill. Should I run the flaked wheat through the mill? Will it hurt to run it through? I threw it in the bag with the rest of the grains to be milled in the morning. It is on top so I can probably pull most of it out before...

I recently downloaded Beer Smith. I have messed around with it quite a bit but can't quite figure out how to get it set up properly. Is there is a resource available that explains Beer Smith on a step by step basis from top to bottom? Thanks for your help.