Recent content by Young953

I think I may try to lower my boil off rate a tad to see if the higher preboil gravity will help. After thinking, I don't want to adjust my efficiency because it'll throw my bigger beers off where this isn't an issue, so between lowering my boil off rate slightly and topping off with water if...

Mash ph was 5.3, final runnings were 5.45.

In the mash, it is very bare amount of minerals to RO water, with a light addition of lactic to get to mash ph. Sparge is not modified due to my final runnings being close to mash ph so no need to acidity. This batch was brewed at a 2.0 ratio to minimize sparging

This batch was brewed with RO so my final runnings are close to mash ph so I don't believe it's that. It's more of my final runnings being below 1.008

My system gets 80% efficiency every time, and I feel I have things pretty well dialed, but I know on lighter styles I am pushing the gravity towards the bottom end when it comes to the end of sparge. I am keeping my water ph below 6 to help avoid any tannin extraction, but I can't help but...

Since you were going to use Kolsch yeast, which a hybrid lager/ale yeast, why not try the lager yeast? I believe last years NHC winner in the Kolsch category was brewed with a lager yeast. Maybe ferment a little warmer than normal lager range to pull a little more character from the yeast. I say...

I'm in West Roseville so I'll definitely be keeping an eye out as well! Good luck, and I'm looking forward to the process.

the thermowell is just a stainless tube that is connected to a carboy stopper, and the temp probe from the inkbird slides right inside the tubing. the tube is crimped at the end, so no need to change anything with the inkbird probe. I found my setup at MoreBeer

I have the same controller, and i found the same temp fluctuation issues with taping the probe to the side of the carboys. I found a huge improvement when i got some thermowells to actually measure the internal temp of the liquid. The controller will kick on as normal, but it doesn't take that...

I emailed and the below is what i got. Looks like we're just going to have to experiment for now thanks for your question and for being a fan of our Soul Style IPA! At this time, our brewers are not making a homebrewing clone recipe available for the public – it’s a relatively new beer for us...

I just got the exact one for a ferm chamber and I have 2 glass 6.5 carboys in there, with air locks, and they fit as is, no need for a collar