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Spike CF5 fermenters with water cooler that recirculates through the cooling coils in the fermenters. Set the temp on the chiller and hold whatever temp you want to maintain in the fermenter for homebrew. All parts in photo included. Bought a boat that has to fit in garage so selling to turn...

I'll try Bru'n Water then, I wanted to use beersmith due to ease of use since it supposedly accounted for the grains automatically, I never seem to know how each type of grain should be classified for bru'n water. Would you say the "Black full" looks like an appropriate water profile for an...

Well, if the baking soda is adding nothing to the flavor of the beer I guess I can just remove it. I'm not sure why Beersmith was trying to add it in. This is the water profile and mash pH with and without the baking soda. With Baking Soda: Without Baking Soda:

That's a great question and I guess i'm not sure why i'm adding it. Beersmith said to add it so I was planning on adding it, thought it may have something to do with matching the water profile for "Black full" in Beersmith and not necessarily related to pH. I'm not following another recipes...

Hi everyone, I have a recipe matching the "Black full" profile where beersmith is showing that the baking soda addition in the mash is raising the Ph to 5.6 which means I would need to add acid to get it down a little. Could I add the baking soda to the boil instead of the mash? Beersmith shows...

Yeah, I'm not sure either. It sounds like as long as I can bump up the PH a bit they may be OK but I'm also new to water adjustments. I only got around to making the pale ale last weekend so the stout still remains in question. Hopefully will get to it this weekend but may get bumped to next.

Thanks for the tip about changing it from 1-3, I'll do that. As far as the stout pH, BS shows this: Also, thanks everyone for the replies! I guess It's good to know my water is plain but also may explain why my beers feel like they need something else and water may just be the issue.

Hi all, I was going to start tinkering with my water and got my report back from Ward Labs. I'm in the Tacoma, WA area. It looks like this: I'm planning on making a stout and a pale ale this weekend and just wanted to make sure I was on the right track. I'm using Beersmith's profiles for stout...

Non-Engineer, Auditor.

Because of all of those variables I was looking for a better and more accurate way than eyeballing. That’s why I was hoping that there was a set amount for % of gravity increase per gallon boiled or something that way a formula could be created. Guess I have to do it the hard way. Thanks guys!

Thanks Pkrd, I understand that much. The problem is my boil off volume is not correct and would like to know exactly how much my boil off is by using preboil gravity, post boil gravity, and time. Once I have a formula that takes those factors into consideration I can plug them in and arrive at...

Hi, I’ve searched and have been unsuccessful finding a calculation like I’m looking for. I consistently reach my pre-boil gravity readings but my original gravity has been a little low. I’m assuming this means my boil off rate is being input incorrectly into BeerSmith. Is there a formula that...

Ok, thanks everyone!

I've attached a picture but basically my blow off hose was kinked and made my lid blow in my fermentation chamber. It had probably been like that all night before I checked it in the morning. My concerns are what should I look for during the rest of the fermentation to decide if I should toss it...

Has anyone used one of these for brewing? I've been tinkering with brewing for about a year now and decided to get serious about it. I recently bought a RO water system that has a 6th and final stage that adds magnesium and calcium carbonate back in for flavor to use for household drinking...