Recent content by max_the_hop

I am having troubles with the Bru'n Water software. I have used it maybe 6 times and every time I haved failed to hit the mash pH the software predicted. The mash pH prediction is always lower that what I measure with my pH meter. For example, my last brew I missed my pH by .16 points (5.36...

Decided to learn how to use Brew'n Water. Up until this point I was using the Brewers friend water calculator. Brewers friend calculator seemed to put my mash pH in a normal range. For example, my last brew, I brewed a Treehouse inspired beer (Julius IPA recipe). Brewers friend put my...

Hello, I am getting ready to bottle a double IPA (9% alc/v) fermented with Nottingham yeast. I am wondering if I need to add some more yeast before bottling. I dumped the yeast cake a week ago (conical). The beer was brewed about 3.5 weeks ago. My question: Do I need to add a bit of...

It's my first time around using my new Blichmann 7g Fermenator. I love it. So much so that it's making me forgetful. After taking a sample of my wort, I forgot to place back the pressure relief valve. Then, i left for the weekend. So my brew was resting for almost 3 days without the pressure...

Actually I think I found the answer to my question: Thanks anyways!

Or should I heat up water in my kettle with a valve, put the grains in it, then transfer to tun through the valve??

So in a couple days I'll be attempting my first PM. I've read up on how to do it and I've found so many different methods, so now I'm a bit confused. I have a 10 gallon brew kettle with ball valve, an igloo tun with a bazooka filter, and another 10 gallon brew kettle (with no valve). Would the...

I didn't add any sugar yet. This is how it went down: 1.062, 1.020, finally 1.016 today. Thanks for all the responses. No more shaking. got it!

I didn't add any sugar yet. This is how it went down: 1.062, 1.020, finally 1.016 today. Thanks for all the responses. No more shaking. got it!

I should transfer the beer from secondary glass carboy back into the fermentation bucket and then into the bottles? Not from secondary straight into bottles? Thanks for the quick reply!

First post! Of many to come I'm sure. :fro: So, my baby spend 8 days in the primary at an OG of 1.0062. I then transfered it into secondary carboy and added 3oz of fresh Cascade hops on top. After 13 days in the secondary I decided to get a sample to taste and to measure its gravity. It...