Recent content by mtausch11

Last year all the craft beer in Milwaukee seemed to be 7.99/6pk. I would never pay 30. You can make 2 cases of the same beer for 30 at home.

Yeah. I've seen a lot of 6 packs at $10 now. All the more reason to brew your own and justify spending all that money at the brew store to the wife.

2098 I was putting my hydrometer back in tube and when I dropped it in, the bottom came out and it smashed on the concrete. My new one only has 1 cap.

Yep, that's pretty much what happened. Doesn't seem undrinkable yet. If I added 5lbs of salt we would be in big trouble.

I've been doing a lot of research and the ph level should be fine. Maybe I could market this as a calcium supplement you can get drunk off. At this point I'm wondering if there is a way to remove the gypsum. I added it to the mash water. I've tasted the beer and I haven't noticed a mineral...

I decided to take my brewing the the next level and started messing with the water. I use ro water and the ez calculator said to add some gypsum. Anyway, measurements and what not got messed up and I ended up adding 2oz. Should I add something to bring the acidity back up? Is there a minimum...

I'm sure this is fine but it looks pretty nasty to me. I keep reading don't fear the foam so I left the foam on top of the beer in my secondary. The foam has since gone away but there are these pools of nasty white looking stuff on top of the beer now. (the sanitizer) Is this just a normal...

Glad to know I'm not alone. That's what this forum is all about I guess. Thanks for all your input.

I bottled a beer two weeks ago and when I did, I forgot to let the sugar solution cool down when I added it to the beer for bottling. I guarantee I killed a bunch of yeast with the high temperature water, but hopefully there is still enough to carbonate the beer. Has anyone else had issues or...