Recent content by jbunton

Ya the reason I know this is I'm a chemical operator and clean tanks multiple times daily. Our tracer dye chemicals always show when we cycle valves during cleaning. 10-15 times cycling the valves is usual. Sometimes more sometimes less.

Ball valves need to be cycled open/closed many times for each cleaning cycle. A small amount of stuff always gets behind the ball. If you cycle it when cleaning appropriately you'll never have an issue.

I vote chambard. Don't forget to think of your branding, name, logo, core values everything as a whole

I think you have a really crappy false bottom if your losing 5L. I use this type and have almost no loss because of the design. i hit the numbers bang on every time within .002 which could be chalked up to measurement error. I'd look at a better false bottom!

Yes definitely ruined. Please finish fermenting, bottle with priming sugar then ship it to me for disposal! In all seriousness no it is not ruined please search blowoff tube and use it unless you want to learn a messy lesson next time. You got lucky! As above poster said clean and sanitize...

I know in my area allot of microbrewery patrons and brewers I know and have spoke to are not keen on additives and adjuncts in their beer. If you were a brewery around here adding gelatin, isinglass, whirlfloc, defoamer and some of the other things just for clarity and ease of process allot of...

Filtering and kettle finings strip Flavour. I'm all about making and buying all natural!

ouch thats costly

I would suggest making a tincture with vodka, as far as how much I haven't a clue. Maybe try making a tincture and dosing a pint until you get the desired flavour then scale up from that.

+5.5 cranberry saison +5.5 maple California common 4493+11=4504

Their pricing structure is based on amount of bags ordered. If you contact them they will send you a current pricing list.

Did u measure it warm and if so did you do a temp correction? I'll bet that's why. Hydrometers are calibrated to a certain temp! Mines calibrated for 68 so I have to do a temp correction when I take my preboil. Brewers friend has a handy one online

Pre boil or post mash as you call it will be low as when you boil you will be concentrating your wort by boiling it to a lesser volume making it more concentrated. My setup personally adds .08-.10 depending on how hard I boil it. My friends grainfather only concentrates by .07. Every variable...

+11 calypso warrior pale ale =3745

What's your water like? Maybe a little gypsum may help.