Hi Folks:
I'm just getting back into brewing after (gads) a 10 year hiatus. I've been re-reading my tattered copies of Charlie Papazian's "Complete Joy of Home Brewing" and Dave Miller's "The Complete Handbook of Home Brewing". It's clear some water tests are in order as we installed a water softener about 4 years back. I just brewed up a Belgian Strong Ale (All grain) last week using Poland Springs water and yesterday brewed a Guinness clone using our unsoftened water as Dave says Guinness likes the hard stuff. Between the two brews I constructed the 10 gal Mash/Lauter Tun using instructions I found on the web and I'm really pleased with the results (I'd been using a 5 gal. water cooler and Charlie's bucket lauter tun), it's nice to have the extra room.
I discovered this web site and it's great to see this resource! Thanks to the community for making this work!
Cheers,
-Brad
I'm just getting back into brewing after (gads) a 10 year hiatus. I've been re-reading my tattered copies of Charlie Papazian's "Complete Joy of Home Brewing" and Dave Miller's "The Complete Handbook of Home Brewing". It's clear some water tests are in order as we installed a water softener about 4 years back. I just brewed up a Belgian Strong Ale (All grain) last week using Poland Springs water and yesterday brewed a Guinness clone using our unsoftened water as Dave says Guinness likes the hard stuff. Between the two brews I constructed the 10 gal Mash/Lauter Tun using instructions I found on the web and I'm really pleased with the results (I'd been using a 5 gal. water cooler and Charlie's bucket lauter tun), it's nice to have the extra room.
I discovered this web site and it's great to see this resource! Thanks to the community for making this work!
Cheers,
-Brad