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FYI: i set it to 11 psi and just rocked for about 30 min with my feet while watching football on the couch. I got tired and let it sit for awhile, went back at it an hour later for about 40 min. Decided enough was enough and let it sit in the kegerator. I just took a pull about 1 hr after...

Thanks for the info. I check 10 min after dough in and was at 5.4, checked again at 50 min mark and was at 5.6ish. I don't plan on going crazy with ph balancing, just wanted to make sure I was in a good range. Thanks again for your help! :mug:

I bought some PH strips to check the PH of my mash, thinking about refining even further. When are you supposed to check the PH? I am doing single infusion batch sparging.

I was trying to read through the post but my eyes started going cross eyed. I see in the beginning that you can over carb by putting it at 30 and leaving too long. As far as set and forget, wouldn't set and rock to force the co2 into the beer be as effective? Wouldn't the beer only accept as...

Username: fdb16; Interesting site, although whenever I try to do something it tells me access denied. I would like to post. Contest or no contest. I got 1 post in before it got all buggy on me. EDIT- able to get in the 5 posts. I recommend a South Shore sub forum for Mass.