Recent content by Faseel

Although the smack pack took a while to get underway, and clearly the strain is a little bit weak, it's still in a sterile smack pack so you know pretty much you have 95% percent chance you have the right strain although it's weak. Me, I would do another pre-pitch with the smack pack let it get...

I agree with my fellow Brewers, letting it sit in the primary longer will help the yeast clean up DMS and et all of yeasts wonderful activity. Going to secondary is fine if you're comfortable with handling the beer . if you're new less handling means less potential for air and bacterial...

Not bad for the first time. I know shaping the copper can be a pain. If you happen to have a corny keg handy they are great to use as a guide to bend the soft copper into a coil, but again if it works who cares what it looks like :)

Ok Double checked brew'n water and I bone headed my grain bill so I hung at the edged of the ideal range. Bahhhh it's an IPA so I'm all of my spare water to beat it down. Thanks for the input !

Ugh. At 100 degrees it's reading 5.65.

Hey guys, using a Hanna hi98128 that I calibrated this morning. I also have my recent water report and entered it into brew'n water with all the appropriate adjustment for my grain bill. I'm am baffled. At the 1.3 hour mark and checking now.

Hi folks, happy brew day! I'm doing my first IPA and I'm half way through mash and my ph is holding at 5.52 should I lower it for an IPA ? If yes use some buffer or lactic acid? Thank you!

Excellent info guys! Thank you very much, and noted, cool side only for O2. Done and done!

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Was wondering about this and would be grateful for weigh in. I was discussing via email using a stone with 02 after cooling the wort but before pitching for aerating. What about this ( I'm sure this is not a new idea but didn't easily find anything searching) drop in your o2 stone right after...

Thanks guys, Yea I kind of figured from the specific source I get the brew water from (filtered or not ) was the bet choice. Thank you though for your result through filter compared to not, that's great info. Well mr Ny :), I wish it were free. Im using Wards lab and it can cost you around 16...

Hello all, I'm getting ready to send my water sample off to Ward labs. Should I gather my sample directly from how I source my water? That being through my carbon filter system or should I do it unfiltered from my hose? Thank you!

Well just a bit more detail please sir :). How long is long on your cooling process? When sanitizing equipment is it a dunk or do you let it soak and or just stay wet with the starsan?

Hello my friend Welcome to homebrewing. Off the hip your thread starts out describing two different styles of infection, however your Brewer's notes seem to indicated a mellowing of these notes. I would get my butt kicked if I were to even suggest you're beer was done for. I too would make a...

Uggg. "At Thanksgiving " curse my nubby fingers