Recent content by hopster997

Great, thanks for the input. I had assumed it was at room temp, like most things in home-brewing, but seems like no one really specifies that.

Why when talking about taking the PH of the mash, no one ever mentions at mash temp or at room temp?

thanks for the tip. Making an IPA tomorrow, found the mineral content on the back of the bottled water I buy from costco, will mix with 20% tap water. After feeding both water profiles in beersmith, I should be pretty close to the water I need. I also found 20L jugs of RO (roughly 5 gallons i...

RO is the plan. Looking into buying a filtration system now.

Thanks for the input. I did end up getting and trying half a campden tablet on my most recent brew, but from what Ive read, that will only solve the chlorine and chloramine problem, and do little to fix the chloride issue. I also checked beersmith and changed to BW instead of MPH3 model. Will...

Just got into checking water profile and adjusting it. Ive been trying to make a decent all-grain pale ale or IPA for about 6 months now. Ive only been brewing for about a year, on batch number 24 next, and although I almost gave up on the hobby, i think (and hope) I finally figured out what...