Bru’n water helps with pH estimation too. You enter values such as current water profile plus the malt bill of the beer you will brew and it gives you a approximate mash pH. If you for example want to brew a dark beer with RO water, there’s a risk of the mash pH dropping to low. Especially with...
Hello Jiffster,
A few thoughts here:
RO water has a pH of 5-6. To this you’re adding calcium and acid malt both of which will reduce the pH even further. Could it be that you’re mash/wort pH is too low?
Adding only calcium chloride isn’t optimal. It’s usually best to balance out the mineral...
What’s this I sometimes find in the bottom of my kettle? It’s a translucent gelatine like substance with a rubbery texture. Is it some kind of lipid from the malt?
Has anybody tried a reverse transfer using the clear beer draught widget? My worries are that the pressure might blow the tube off and that it might clog with yeast.
I brewed my first Dubbel based on Jamil's Dubbel and used the WLP530 Abbey Ale yeast as recommended.
The resulting beer is a very delicious and drinkable beer but not as 'Beligian' as I expected. The yeast character is quite neutral without too much of the estery/phenolic taste that one would...
I just feel like the more encapsualted the beer is by itself the more flavour it will hold.
If you decrease the volume but the surface area stays the same there's more chance of those compounds being exposed.
My problem is that a 5 gallon batch only fills half way up the 8 gallon one and after much pondering I wonder how much of those aroma compounds off gas into that space.
This Brulosopher exp made me think about it even more...
I brew 5-6 gallon batches and love my Speidel 30L fermenters except for one thing: the huge headspace. I'm sure the are more than 30L in volume.
Anyone brewing 5-6 gallon batches in a 20L without too much blow off?
Yes it's a home solution for cask beer with low carbonation. The downside to these is that you have to drink the beer fast for it to retain it's carbonation. The CO2 cartridges are more for filling the headspace to avoid the intake of 02 thus avoiding oxidation. They don't provide too much pressure