Recent content by thirdeyeo4

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Thanks for the replies. I suspected my pH meter is on the way out but wanted to see if there could be any other culprits for the mash being so low before making another purchase.

My room temp pH has been 5.2-5.3 adding only the light malts like Pilsner or Maris Otter to RO without salts being added, is this normal? If not what could be the cause? Thanks again Sent from my SCH-I545 using Home Brew mobile app

Ive heard the difference in room temp pH and mash pH is about .3, so I was shooting for 5.5 to get to 5.2 mash pH. Also in order to keep the boil pH correct it sounds as if I just need to add all salts to the mash and get the correct pH there to carry through to the boil. Sent from my SCH-I545...

I use RO water and build my water profiles. I typically only add the light malts to mash in and then sparge with the darker malts. Now I understand that the mash pH is what matters and not the water pH, however I checked my RO water's pH and it's around 5.95. After adding the lighter malts like...

What do you all think about something like the following for the grain bill to start? I'm looking to brew this over and over until I get it right. Thanks again for all your responses. Pilsner Malt 45% American 2-Row 45% Crystal 10%

For the IPA, what I was going for was a brightly colored yellow IPA. I've seen some recently here in PA based on what seem to be a basic Pils recipes. I was using Pizza Boy's Citra Pils as an example, or maybe a hoppier version of Victory's Prima Pils with a more bready character to it. The...

Thank you everyone for the constructive feedback. My issue is that I've had several beers turn out with not much flavor to them, almost at all. The German style Oktoberfest(basically a maltier Helles, rather than the more caramel American style) before this also had a subpar malt profile and...

My OG was a little low at 1.060 which still makes it a 6.75% beer. Yes I used Beersmith. I was shooting for the lower end of the alcohol spectrum. Would another 3/4lb to get it to the middle range of the style really make that much impact on flavor? There are plenty of lower alcohol beers with...

It's only a 3.5 gallon batch.

Lately I’ve had several batches that have come out almost tasteless. My last was a Bock with the recipe below. I use RO water and make adjustments. This is where I think I may be off however I’ve looked at other water profiles and they aren’t that different for a Bock. It has minimal malt, hints...