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"Sounds like you are screwing around with your water a ton. Maybe try the kiss method." Best Advice in the world. Pissed me off at first....made sense in the end. Spring water, (Basically RO) and a bit of gypsum, and my latest hoppy APA was thin tasting and hoppy. This is a good thing...

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Thank you all for your help. I am going to try going back to the basics with the water. This is my report from Ward laboratories on the bottled water I am using: Calcium 5 Magnesium 1 Sodium 2 Chloride 0 Sulfate 0 Bicarbonate 13 I searched for how can I make a pale ale with...

Hello, I need some expert help. My pale ales and IPA's are not turning out. Funny thing is, my cream ales, blond ales, and all of the other light beers are great. That tells me my process is good. The hoppy beers have a soapy, all of the tongue slick type of feel. I don't believe I have the...

ok got it. I am putting 10 gallons of distilled water on my Kentwood bottled water order form. Alkalinity sounds like the major fix here as long as the PH is right. My water is the last major thing to fix. I recently made a fermentation chamber to keep one degree. I have had problems...

My last IPA I am calling Soap a Dope. Me being the dope since I am the only one who will drink it. I got a water analysis done from Ward Labs to find the problem: Ph 8.9 Total Dissolved Solids 229 Na 70 K...