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After you enter your grist into the mash acidification page does this automatically adjust items on the water adjustment page or do I need to manually adjust something? Also there are red boxes in the water dilution profile but the finished water profile is all in green or light yellow. The...

Lately I have been trying to make some lighter ales. The wort come out looking perfect after the mash but ends up way darker after a 60 minute boil. Is there a way to minimize this change? Do I have the burner up too high? Its becoming a bit frustrating. I guess I should mention I do 5.5...

I have been using regular Star San for quite awhile. I would say for about the last 8 to 10 batches I have notices what appears to be a thin layer of oil on top of the beer after I transfer to the secondary. There has never been an issue with taste, poor head retention, or anything else. It...

Did a IIPA and am ready to transfer for dry hopping. OG was 1.098 and finished at 1.021 coming in around 10.4%. I have about 2.3 ounces of Amarillo and 2 ounces of Simcoe I was going to use. I know that bigger beers require bigger dry hop additions but is this enough. Also would you add both...

I have made many yeast starters on the kitchen stove in a regular pot and using a growler to grow my yeast in. Always wanting to improve my process, I purchased a stir plate and a couple of 2000 ml flasks. This seemed like the way to go because you could heat the flask and never have to...

I do a lot of reading on here but rarely post anything. I've been brewing awhile now and have obtained a good bit of knowledge from everyone so I decided to support the cause. Thanks to everyone who is sharing their knowledge and experience here.......it really is priceless.