I bought one of the common red O2 cylinders from Home Depot and I noticed a warning on the label. It reads, "Warning: This container and byproducts of the combustion of its contents contain chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm." I...
Thanks for everyone's help...I knew I was overlooking something simple (typical me). I always just figured my mash temp was dropping more than it really was. Tomorrow I'll hopefully get it nailed. On a side note, I've done some more looking into my water chemistry and have found my mash pH has...
I will try bringing the mash temp down a bit. Since it starts at 155ish and finishes around 150-152s then I figure it averages in the middle somewhere. Still too high? Also, someone mentioned to me today that perhaps my pH is too high. Never checked it but could this be an issue? Any hints for...
Okay, so before I go crazy...I need some help from you fine experts on this board. Hopefully I'm just overlooking something simple. Here is the problem: I'm on my sixth batch of AG that has only gotten down to a FG of 1.020. I've gone way too long now without a successful homebrew and I'm just...