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Thanks for all the advice. Racking seems to have helped a lot and the taste is pretty clean.

That's good news, thanks. Is there any point in adding yeast nutrient at this point? (3 days into primary)

Trying my first batch of cider: 5 gal. Treetop apply juice Lalvin K1-V1116 yeast Fermaid OG 1.050 Sanitized everything, dumped in juice, pitched yeast and Fermaid, aerated, sealed it up. Starting bubbling in less than 24 hours - nice sweet apple smell. THEN! on day 3 - Sulphur! I have...

Do you think a standard champagne cord would work on a 9 liter bottle? I've had one success and one failure with a tapered cork and am looking for a better cork. I did make a good cage out of chicken wire and zip ties - worked beautifully. Any advice on cork size is appreciated

I'll look into the mash Ph during my next brew on Friday. Thanks.

that John Palmer book is great. Almost too much information

This was my first AG, but I've done a few batches of partial mash using of the same recipe with great results. I'm using San Francisco tap water - it's good stuff. My local home brew place (SF Brewcraft) only recommends 1 tsp gypsum in the water. Would the water Ph effect AG more than partial...

ahh, I did take quite a bit of the sparge. Next batch I'll check the gravity. Thanks.

I did vorlauf, maybe 2 qts - I did have good clarity going into the kettle.

A very sad day indeed. A man who stood out amongst many greats.

Astrigent is exactly what it was -like tannin here's the recipe if that helps: 11# maris otter .5# victory rst .25# 10L crystal .25# flaked 1oz chinook 60 min 1oz summit 30 min 1oz cascade 10 min 1oz cascade dry hop I did get a pretty clean sparge - doesn't seem like there was a lot of...

Hello, just joined, just tried my first AG. Life is good!

SO, I tried AG for the first time. Everything went well; good efficiency, temps, the whole bit, but the flavor seems off - bitter. I used a converted partial mash recipe I have done before, so I feel I have a decent comparison. Why the off flavors? Could it be the plastic coolers? Because...