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I recently moved into a house that runs on well water with full home filtration, and potassium chloride water softener. I know that softener is bad for beer, so I had my water tested from an exterior spigot, which I believe bypasses the softener. But I’m not sure. Looking for some help from the...

I brewed 10 gallons of German Pilsner recently that has the strangest off-flavor note. For the life of me, I cannot figure out what it is. The best way to describe it is like fresh jalapeno. Almost like it was added but without any kick. I'm wondering if this flavor note could be acetaldehyde or...

I recently brewed a German Pilsner with a large starter of WLP830. Everything is going swimmingly fermenting at 50F. When FG reached 1.016, I turned off my glycol and started to let temperature rise for a diacetyl rest… Problem is temperature in my garage doesn’t get above 57F. I’m fermenting...

I brewed a German Pilsner yesterday. 10 Gallons at 1.059 OG (first brew on a new rig and overboiled a tad). So my OG is higher than desirable. I made a 5L starter of WLP830. However, after decanting, the yeast cake on the bottom of my flask was really thick and stuck to the bottom. So I chilled...

I'm moving in a week or so, right when my double IPA will be done dry hopping. What I'm wondering is, should I move with the keg purged of oxygen, the beer flat and carb when I arrive? Or should I burst carbonate it a little before the move? My worry is that the moving around might affect...

So I had a hop bag that I was using to dry hop. It happened to fall on the ground while I had it out of the carboy (it was saturated with beer). I sprayed the outside down with star san and rung it out as I tried to put it back in the beer. Is there a large risk of infection since the bag was...

So this is a little bit of an odd situation. I transfered my Imperial IPA 8.5% to secondary but i forgot to blast the carboy with CO2 first. So since im a genius I blasted the container (without regulator) once all the beer was in there. The pressure was so great that it actually ejected one...

Hi, So I just bought a new kegerator and right now I only have a commercial keg tapped (moving to corny as soon as i can afford the upgrade). I just bought a new coupler and the beer is flowing normal out of the keg, but coming out very fast, sometimes it hiccups and 3/4 of the glass is...

I just took a sample of a beer that I'm currently lagering at 42F. It has been at this temperature for 2 weeks. The sample came in at 1.008 gravity and you could really taste the alcohol. I took the sample from the top of the beer, is it possible that the temperature/sitting still for 2 weeks...

I'm looking to start kegging very soon and would really appreciate some advice on a good set up. I'm looking to do two 5 gallons kegs, or four 5 gallon kegs. Probably the former since I think I would need a chest freezer for the latter. What is a good refrigerator? I want a dual tap on...

I'm doing an Oktoberfest thats been fermenting for about a week now in my new fermentation chamber. OG was 1.059. How long do I leave it in primary? right now its at a perfect 50F and still bubbling the airlock. I used Wyeast Octoberfest Lager Blend 2633. Should I transfer into secondary...

I just finished bottling two 5 gallon batches. On the first, I added the sugar water into the bottling bucket and then siphoned the beer on top of it. When I was done bottling from the bucket into bottles, i tasted and took the gravity of the last remaining bit and it was really sweet at 1.020...

I'm currently looking to bottle a dry hopped IPA from secondary into bottles. I'd like to cold crash it to get all the sediment to the bottom and to clear the beer. However, I also need to add priming sugar into my bottles. Would cold crashing before bottling create a flat beer due to the...

So I brewed a batch and fermented in two 6 gallon carboys. When fermentation had slowed to a bubble every 30 seconds I racked into secondary. One carboy appeared finished as the CO2 krausen had settled completely and the other looked like it was getting there but still going a little. I...

Does temperature during secondary fermentation/conditioning matter? I.e if I fermented for a week at 65F for an ale, could I secondary condition/dry hop at 75F with no effect to the beer?

I just transferred from primary when the bubbling had really slowed down to about one bubble every 30 seconds. I racked to secondary and dropped hopped with 2 oz of east kent goldings. Now my secondary carboy is bubbling still 24 hours later and it looks like a krausen is coming back. Is this...

Can someone please explain to me what I should use for the hop section of the calculator where it says "Boil: X avg gallons for X minutes" http://beercalculus.hopville.com/recipe If I'm doing an 11 gallon boil, I.E. 13.5 gallons in the brew pot, boil off 2, left with 11 gallons (0.5 loss...

I have a weird situation. I have two 6 gallon carboys, same batch, same yeast, next to each other that are reading different temperatures on the stick on thermometers I have on the side of the carboy. Some information - each carboy is sitting in a water bath, same levels of water on each...

I just bought a chest freezer for fermentation and I need a recommendation on a good thermostat for it. I want a digital one so I can control the temperature swings, but I also don't know anything about wiring, so I was hoping to find a good plug and go one. Any input helps! Thanks!

So my fermentation temperature on a wheat ale and a hefweizen has gone like this: first afternoon: 74F first night: 70F day 1: 70F day2: 68 F day 3 66-68F day 3: 66F day 4: 62-64F I've been using a water and ice bath to keep the temperature cool and I think I overcompensated on the...