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These are pretty valuable observations. Thank you for your input in this, it gives me more confidence to delve into brewers friend!

I think I read something to this effect before, I can give it a try, but also wanted to increase my knowledge on it since i am beginning to get frustrated with my results. (my dark beers come out fine, its the lighter/hoppy ones I am struggling with). "lord idiot the lazy" - this is me

Thank you, I might have, but i will check and reread anyway. Your second link is unfamiliar to me, so thank you. I will definately read it. My main issue is getting the hop flavor to come through, it's something i've been struggling with for a while. I initially upped my hops significantly, and...

I found it ..daunting for lack of a better word, not quite sure where to begin. Then again, as i mentioned earlier, these kind of things are not my strength. I see a big XL form, I get scared.

This is very good advice, and thank you for the long and detailed answer. I might have overestimated my initial assumed understanding of these things, I will for sure read what you linked and educate myself further, then experiment from there. Much appreciated my friend!

Hi guys. Yes, I know, there is a ton of info on water chemistry online and in this forum. I have been trying my best to research and understand this properly, but I am falling short on the technical side. I understand water profiles, I understand how the different salts impact the water and PH...

Weeelll, I doubt it, but here's to hoping!

a plus for the tip, will look into this!

*shivers

This is on the edge of what's appropriate, but dude, I love the name "great head brewing company" ;)

with my luck in general, I'm surprised this didn't happen :)

You are probably right about the domino effect. I was already seething with anger after the 45 minutes of wrestling with the groinfather. New name for it, i think it fits, as i wanna punch the designer in the groin for this. I will definately use starsan next time. I'm dumb as a plank, because...

I laughed at this, so true!

Hahaha that would be pretty epic. I doubt it, but hey, we'll see! :)

So I was brewing a hazy IPA yesterday, and I'm still tired and annoyed. Just sharing to vent, complaining to my wife just isn't cutting it. First of all, god damn you grainfather - I spent 45 minutes just setting the bottom plate of the grain basket in place. The silicone ring came off EVERY...

T Thanks :) I hope so

Ok thanks for the info. I've never brewed dark style beers before so not sure what to expect. I'll package in a week and wait 3 more to see where it's at. Hope the acidity dissipates but i'm dearing the worst.

Yeah thanks, I guess you're right. There's also a slight acid aftertaste as i was stupid enought to add some sauermalz to the grist, when you apparently should not do that in dark beers. any way to adjust or fix that during fermentation? or... not?

So, I've brewed my first stout using this recipe: 10 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US 1 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L 1 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) 1 lb Oats, Flaked 0.50 lb Roasted Barley 1.50 oz Williamette [5.50 %] (60 min) Safale-05 Mash @ 156 for 60 minutes Mash out @ 168 for 10 minutes Ferment...

Yeah I hear you. Fortunately, i not only dry hop heavy, i whirlpool heavy ;) The beer was two weeks in the fermenter, now bottled. They're gonna room temp condition for two weeks then straight to the fridge. Hope the aroma/taste is still good in about a months time :)