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I thought it would be super easy to find a real easy drinking session American amber/red but I'm kinda struggling. :drunk: What I'm wanting is a low IBU session type red (say 4.0 - 5.5 % range) that your garden variety BMC drinker would love. Think Centennial Blonde of the red recipes. I'm...

I've been thinking of switching over to all RO water and I'm just not sure if it's necessary or worth it to add anything to straight RO. On Brewer's Friend, I see these: Chalk CaCO3 Baking Soda NaHCO3 Gypsum CaSO4 Calcium Chloride CaCl2 Epsom Salt MgSO4 Canning Salt NaCl...

Just brewed up my first batch of the season and evidently I'm a little rusty because I threw in my dry hops on brew day. I've always done about 10 days for dry hopping and typically don't add it until 10 days left in a 3 week primary. So as things stand now, you think I should leave it in for 3...

2 weeks into fermentation on a batch of Yoopers Dead Guy clone (AG) and I still have airlock activity which sort of surprised me to be honest. I'm not necessarily looking a gift horse in the mouth but it got me thinking...do any of you that tend to do long primaries ever check sg at 2 weeks just...

Guys I am really getting frustrated. I left the bottling scene behind due to inconsistent batches and was really looking forward to tapping my first keg. So I brewed an American Wheat and slow carbed for 2 weeks, while using the carbonation chart often seen here to input 11-12 psi over that...

Ok so I just finished a 3 week primary on an American Wheat and I'm going to attempt my first kegging operation (5 gal Corny). Like I said I'm a total noob so after reading some of the sticky links, I'm going to state my plan and would love any advice/critiques you guys can offer: I'm now in...

Well, just got done with an extract American Wheat and I used my old Brewsmith numbers for boiloff and which seem to have worked in the past but no dice. Ended up with too much wort after boil. OG target = 1.048 OG measured after chilled to 68* = 1.042 Already added it to the fermentor...

Sorry for the short nature of this post but I'm typing from my phone. Short story...extract, full boil, added 1 can lme at 60 min and plan to add 2nd can at 15. But I got no hot break and its been 20 mins now with a good, full boil on outdoor gas burner. Is that ok? Is it due to the lesser lme...

Hey all. I have a True Brew American Wheat kit and I'm asking for some ideas for additions. I've brewed this before and I almost consider it a base for other recipes but really I am in fact in the mood for an American wheat this time around. Just need a little more body than this kit will...

I've been reading up on cold crashing and have some quesions. My beer is an American Wheat if that makes any difference. I am bottling, so first off does that throw a wrench in things? I read on this forum to take the bottling temperature into account because the amount of required bottling...

Ok, so I bit the bullet and bought a Johnson Controls for freezer temp control. Since then, I've heard of peeps placing the probe in water, wrapped in bubble wrap or similar along side the bucket, in special thermowells, etc, etc, etc. What is the best way to do this thing? I kinda doubt I'm...

So I'm fortunate to live in the midwest where we have poured basements. My brewroom is pretty much always somewhere in the 60's year round because my ductwork also runs through it so I can apply a little a/c or even heat if desired depending on season. I do have the desire however to get a...

I like the philosophy of a long primary and have made several batches this way. I've also racked to secondary on several occasions and although I saw better clarity, it spooks me a little to be honest and frankly does feel like overkill in many situations. However...some batches just don't...

Hi all. I have done some reading here and have attempted to use a spreadsheet I found in one of the stickies but I'm still a little shaky on the topic. I would like to get opinions from those of you who seem to have a good handle on this: pH 9.5 Total Alk 44 Total Hardness 126 Ca Hardness...

I have Beersmith and I just purchased a refractometer. On my last batch, I missed low on the preboil gravity, and then on the OG. Although, I believe I have confined this issue to a poor crush and low efficiency, I would still like to know how to tweak the boil should this occur down the road...

Tomorrow I'm trying my long awaited first AG batch, Edwort's Bee Cave Haus Pale Ale. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/bee-cave-brewery-haus-pale-ale-31793/ Couple questions. I'm planning to batch sparge. My plan was to add strike water, mash for 60 min, stir/vorlauf and drain cooler. Then...

So I've been unsuccessful to get a seemingly simple mash setup in BS2. I'm wanting to do a single batch sparge, no mash out. Drain cooler for 1st runnings, then add higher temp sparge water to top off pot in order to get the grain temp up. That's all I want, those 2 steps. If I just select...

I've read many "is my beer ruined?" threads and I'm not going that far necessarily but I'm still a little down about my brew today. It was Edwort's Bee Cave IPA and it tasted EXCELLENT albeit slightly watery at the end of primary so much I thought about bottling it up and calling it quits. But...

I bought a Coleman Xtreme 5 (50 qt) cooler from Walmart today was wondering if anyone has built a manifold in one of these? The drain goes out the back and it lies in a sort of rolled shelf inside the cooler which decreases the surface area on the bottom of the cooler and might make it a little...

I'm gearing up for my first AG effort and I want to get opinions on where I stand and what equipment additions would make life easier at this point. I will say I'm not interested in pumps at this time. Here's my current list of equipment: -10.5 gallon s/s pot with 1/2" s/s ball valve and...