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    Well water profile - any hope for brewing?

    I hope to get an RO system set up in the house someday, but just not in the cards right now. I do have a softener and the water off the softener tastes fine to me and no problems with hydrogen sulfide fortunately. Will keep you in mind if I decide to pull the trigger on an RO system down the road!
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    Well water profile - any hope for brewing?

    I am comfortable working with acids as a chemist, but also don’t have a bottle of concentrated sulfuric acid sitting around haha. Thanks for the advice! I’ll play around with my water some and see how it turns out
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    Well water profile - any hope for brewing?

    Thanks for the tips! I was thinking I may need to cut with RO at the very least. What styles have worked well with your water profile?
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    Well water profile - any hope for brewing?

    So I just moved into a new house that is on well water. I ordered a test kit from Wards and decided to get a profile for the well water, bypassing the softener system, as I assumed the sodium would be too high with the softener (we have very hard water). I was wondering if there’s any hope for...
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    Good glycol chiller alternative?

    I came across a deal on this water chiller on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Active-Aqua-AACH25HP-Hydroponic-Chiller/dp/B07BHHP71C) and was wondering if this would work as an alternative to a glycol chiller? I would plan to use it for 2-3 carboys (5 gal) at most and would be using it at 70-80...
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    Pennsylvania Homebrew Scene Around Newtown, PA?

    Hi, I’m relocating the the Newtown, PA area for a new job and was just wondering what that area is like as far as homebrewing goes? Mainly I guess I’m curious as to what homebrew shops are around as well as homebrew clubs? Also are there any places that one could suggest for getting CO2 fills...
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    Low OG lead to low FG?

    Either way, the gravity hasn't budged since I last checked it a week ago and krausen had dropped completely a week ago, so it's looking pretty final to me
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    Low OG lead to low FG?

    It could still be going. That's just where it is currently sitting
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    Low OG lead to low FG?

    Target OG and FG were from Beersmith predictions, which were in pretty good agreement with the BYO magazine recipes as well.
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    Low OG lead to low FG?

    I recently brewed a couple 4 gallon batches on my Grainfather that had the same issues: Batch 1 Grain Bill: Key Lime Saison (from BYO magazine recipe) 5 lbs 9 oz Belgian Pilsner 3 lbs Maris Otter 8 oz Caramel 40L 5 oz Flaked Oats 14 oz Lactose Mashed at 150F 60 min Used Belle Saison yeast...
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    Imperial Yeast A38 Juice

    Actually, looking at how many cells you would need for a 5 gallon batch at 1.067 and a typical pitching rate of 0.75 million/mL degrees Plato, you should need about 232 billion cells. I know Imperial claims about 200 billion cells per pack, so if you had 100% of your cells alive, you would be...
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    Imperial Yeast A38 Juice

    What is the production date for your yeast?
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    Training Wheels Berliner - good intro to sours

    I'm going to be giving this a shot this weekend, then fruiting it with some Goya frozen guanabana pulp
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    Russian Imperial Stout with Peanut Butter and Coffee

    As far as peanut butter goes, we were thinking of adding a couple jars of PB2 in secondary, along with some light roast coffee beans to try and get more coffee flavor and less of the bitterness of the coffee.
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    Russian Imperial Stout with Peanut Butter and Coffee

    A buddy and I are talking about getting together to brew a RIS that we plan to add peanut butter and coffee to. We are currently working on formulating a base for this beer and are thinking we want to make a RIS base that is more on the sweet side to complement the peanut butter. This is what...
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