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I've tried both puree in secondary and extract at bottling. I wasn't thrilled with either. The puree definitely made a better beer, but the yeast (us-05) completely chomped up the mango, and I had to tell my tasters that there was mango in the beer. The extract was offensively artificial, by...

Thanks, zwiller, I like the pinch in a pint idea. I have a good scale, so I'll probably make a solution and add an amount to the beer to simulate the amount that would be added to the strike water. Thanks, ajdelange, for your generous help with this. It will take me a little while to get my...

ajdelange, do I understand correctly that this process would be to address the purity issue? One would still have to deal with carbonate precipitation if added to the hot liquor, right?

I used two. One was a lab grade piece of equipment that hadn't been calibrated recently, and the other was an el cheapo pen that was calibrated. Both measurements rounded to 4.9.

Thank You, mabrungard! After reading about the difficulty with dissolving chalk and its questionable efficacy, I was thinking of using Baking Soda to adjust the water, maybe with some Gypsum. I have been using Bru'n Water 1.16b to try out some ideas. It predicts a pH of 5.5 for no adjustment...

One of my favorite beers is Oatmeal Stout. My recipe uses 5% Crystal Malt and 7% roasted UK malts. My new brewing location has different water chemistry, and my opinion is that the beer is not quite as good as it was. On the last batch, brewed this weekend, I was planning to use CaC03, but I...

Somebody's gonna have to go back and get a ****load of potatoes! (P.S. I think I just found my sig quote. :cool:)

The original brewers association web page is gone, but I saved it: Bohemian Dunkel in Brief (Adapted for a modern brew system and modern ingredients.) Specifications OG just from the mash: 1.048 (12 °P) FG: approx. 1.012 (3 °P) SRM: 43.4 SRM (114 EBC) IBU...

You're cheating with that Midnight Wheat. ;) Bohemian Dark Lager should be done with a decoction mash. This will provide a rich dark color and a polished caramel sweetness that is almost cola-like. I'm drinking my first attempt at the UFleku beer now; will do better next time: I need a bit more...

My last batch was my first decoction mash. I ended up doing an extra decoction, because I totally missed my alpha amylase temp. I'd never seen the protein mud before, and it freaked me out, but I kept a very slow sparge running until it finished. I just put the dark lager in the secondary and...

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