Recent content by 1984keen

great post!!! i am greatly appreciative of it and will be using this as a guide for my first batch. good work and it looks like an awesome brew! cant wait to try a festive batch myself.

bru'n water is some good readins. thanks! i'll pick thru that and see what i come up with after i can obtain a report from the city utilities dept.

i was just concerened with my tap water giving any off flavors is all. i want to do my first 5 gallon batch and not think as its fermenting, " maybe i should have just bought the filtered/distilled water". i think im just being over precautionary is all. thankyou for your replies.

so ive been reading A LOT lately (before i brew and run into trouble) and there are a lot of opinions on water... i dont plan on using my tap because its hard. lots of calcium. my question is this, is distilled water better than water you get from a filtered water dispenser? like the...

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it says im too late to get that offer... what happened? it expires in november.

im from modesto, ca. thanks for the welcomes and the advice. im looking forward to my brewing experience.

i used mr beer the first time. it worked. my firtst batch was sour due to sanitation reasons and crummy water. but the second batch with good water and a super clean utensils and bottles. wham! i made beer. now i am wanting bigger and better, so here i am. thanks mr beer.

hi, just joined tonight. i am currently hunting out my equipment now and will be purchasing it in two weeks after my move. as soon as we are settled in the new house i am going to start my first 5 gal batch. i plan on brewing a porter or a pale ale. i want to do a specialty grain/malt...