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German pilsner on Saturday. Started drawing the RO water tonight for the mash. Will do the sparge water tomorrow night, as well as keg the Maibock that's sitting on my yeast.

I use generic oxyclean and it works great

It will probably be good (haven't met many I couldn't find something to like about). BUT, if you're interested in brewing to style, I'd lose the Vienna and Munich and go all Saaz. Doing a German pils this weekend and it's all pilsner malt with a touch of dextrine, and all Hersbruecker hops...

Sorry--I misread your post. I see now that your are advising against keeping uncanned wort and proposing just using slurry. Totally agree.

You might want to play it safe there, however. There is a difference between an already-fermented "starter" and "slurry," and an unfermented wort. The latter is most likely going to be at a higher pH than something already fermented. The quote above would only apply to fermented beer IMO.

I usually only have 1 or 2 things going, so I don't really need a calendar to keep up with batches in progress. Right now I've got a Maibock in primary, and I know this week sometime I have to clean a keg and transfer it for continued lagering and in preparation for my next brew next weekend. I...

Yes. If you look back a few pages to around Nov you'll see where I posted about it. It turned out very well.

Didn't work for me in either Kansas or Arkansas. Too hot, dry (KS), or humid (AR). Not to say it won't work, but there's probably a reason it's not a cash crop in the South.

I visited a production winery last year in Nashville, and apparently even they are a little too far South/too humid. Except for the wines made with the "foxy" native grapes, all the "fancy" grapes were imported from California. There are some nice vineyards as close as Missouri and Kansas...

I've always heard we're too humid for anything other than Muscadine types. Mildew and other fungal problems. Same with hops which I stubbornly tried to grow and it was a failure.

^this. This is the beginner forum, and I don't want to steer you the wrong way, but just know that sanitation is like gambling--an infection is only inevitable over some indeterminate time frame. You can get lax with your sanitation and go a long, long time without ever suffering an infection...

Would love to have one of those! Thanks!

Those are some good-lookin kegs--much nicer than my motley collection. I think you'll enjoy that package. Re: keg lube: I picked up a little pillbox container of "waterproof grease" in the o-ring section of Home Depot. It looks just like the containers that keg lube comes in, and I'm pretty...

Welcome (Tony? )!! I'm originally from Bham but live in Arkansas now. Congrats on your medals. I'm really interested in German styles too because I lived in Düsseldorf for a couple years and drank a lot of alt, Kölsch, and pils. Make yourself at home and get ready for some good reading. This...

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=198460 Assuming 100% RO, I'd add 1 tsp. CaCl per 5 gal, as this thread suggests, and that's it.

It's arguable whether that would be considered a downside. Seem to remember an xbeeriment that suggests not. Can't say it has been a significant prob for me, and I own an immersion chiller, a plate chiller, and the GF CFC.

Congrats! You're in for a treat!

Trust me, that's what it feels like is happening, without anesthetics, like in the old days where they gave you a slug of whiskey and a piece of rubber to bite down on as they were sawing.

Completely coincidentally to this thread, I went to the doctor this a.m. about what I thought could be a sprained big toe from running on the treadmill on Friday. Haven't been able to walk for two days now. Found out it could be gout which can be caused by drinking too much beer, along with...

Depends on the pressure and line resistance. Google balancing keg system. But to give you the short of it, you need enough resistance to reduce the pressure at the faucet to 0-1 psi to keep from getting foamy pours. In the various online calculators this works out to about 10 feet of line. Like...