Recent content by rjfvt

Hi I'm making a stout and using the Brun Water Calculator. I have my "Pale Mail Morris Otter" base malt entered and then I entered, Black Malt, Roasted Barley, and Chocolate Malt. So on these three do I select "Roasted Malt" on the drop down instead of "Base Malt"? When I enter these three as...

Congrats to Knot in the Grain for 3rd place with his "Beat the Heat" and 1st place in display, great showing JP in the 2016 Bennington Home Brewfest.

Thanks for the advice! Happy 4th all

I also don't know I we want to wait the six months and not know it its going to carbonate?

The beer has been conditioning at about 67 to 70 degrees. the last beer we sampled, it did have a little maple sweet taste. Rather than adding yeast I might dump it all in a keg then buy a Blinkman beer gun and fill some bottles that way. What do you al think?

Hi all, I brewed an Imperial stout with a ABV of 10.2. I primed the 5 gallon batch with 6 ounces of maple syrup, this was a little more than the brewers calculator said to use. The bottles have been conditioning for two months and no carbonation has started yet. Thanks Rick

I have a new keg of pilsner/rye IPA I just made in my frig. It's been conditioning for about 7 days, we tasted it and it had all the hop flavors and aromas we wanted but the body of the beer is lacking! "Not a lot of taste" is there something we can add to bring out the body or maybe will...

Same day and I really checked it again to day

One more question if the meter was right, and my target PH reading was 5.58 and I ended up with a 4.74. how will that effect the beer taste?

Thanks for all of the good suggestions! I'll pick up some baking soda and pickling lime. I do have a good PH meter that came with my water test kit and I calibrated it that day. Mixing the additives at the mash and sparge will be a lot easier. Thank

Hi thanks for the info I'll use Bru'n Water next time, I made an Imperial stout. I added the grain build, target water profile and RO water profile into EZ water calculator. I also added enough salts to get my 15 gallons of RO water closer to my target just so I wouldn't have to add so much to...

I'm also looking to find out: 1. can trust the ez-water calculator or other calculators and software to put the right amount of salts in the mask/sparge. I have been adjusting the amounts to meet my target. 2. Should I adjust the RO water before I start brewing.

I’m just starting with all grain and have done my best to try and adjust my water to get a good water profile for my beer. At first I thought it would be best to add the salts to my 15gal drum and then re-test to make sure it’s correct but my results didn’t come out like the calculators said it...

I went with an ale yeast due to the temp of my garage

Good information thank everyone, I'm thinking “Beer Bug Wife Digital Hydrometer” would help keep an eye without disturbing the beer and less chance on contamination