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My main goal here is to get rid of this husky/grainy/astringent taste. It is more than an off flavor - pretty much undrinkable. In addition to adjusting my water, I am going to: -Acidify my sparge water with phosphoric acid or sparge with RO water to keep my pH down -Make sure the sparge...

I'm going to use my tap water (report above) with 1/2 a Campden tablet to take care of the chlorine. I am going to follow the baseline recommendation in the primer (1 tsp calc chloride per 5 gal treated & 2% total grain weight of acidulated malt. My only concern is that it puts my residual...

I apologize in advance for the long post. I've been trying to brew EdWort's Haus Pale ale as my first all grain beer, and I am having some issues. Here is the recipe - fairly straightforward: Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Nottingham Yeast Starter: Nope Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter...

Hello all, Can somebody look at this and tell me if it looks right? My Cations/Anions ratio is off by .10, which I don't think is correct. All my numbers look like they are in line with my local water report SCWA. Does anything look out of whack? I followed all instructions when submitting...

Quick question - let's assume the following: Strike water - 3.5g Mashout water - 1.25g Batch Sparge water - 3.25 Target pre-boil volume - 6.5g I will be adding salts to the 3.5g mash directly, and then be adding salts the the boil kettle, not directly to the sparge water. I think we...

Thanks - went to the hardware store and picked up some 3/4" OD by 5/8" ID, and it seems to hold nicely. Anyone else?

Is there any reason why putting vinyl hose OVER the drilled portion of a standard better bottle bung not work for a blow off setup? Everything I have seen has been to jam a smaller tube INTO the drilled hole. Has anyone tried? Thanks... Bung I'm using... Carboy Bung for Better Bottles -...

I am brewing my first AG batch this weekend, and I have a question. I am brewing EdWort's popular haus pale ale... After the 60 minute mash, it says to add 5qt of 175 degree water and begin vorlauf and drain the first runnings. This may be a stupid question, but when adding the 5qt of 175...

I am definitely going to brew this. CidahMastah, is this extract version of the recipe the most recent? Has there been any minor tweaks/changes? I read through the entire thread and didn't see any. Thanks!

Yeah, Im going to wait at least 2 weeks before I check the FG. With the cream ale, I let it sit in primary for 18 days and it came out really nice. The only reason i took a hydro reading at 4 days this time is to see exactly where I was and if I needed to pitch more yeast (I was worried...

Hey everyone, first post here... I just finished my first batch ever - a cream ale from NB, and just tasted it tonight and I was actually impressed. It needs some more time in the bottles, but it was carbing up nicely. I started my second batch last Friday night. It was an AHS Pumpkin...