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Yeah, I was actually considering treating my water with a Campden tablet during my last brew, a Stone Smoked Porter clone-I know, I know I like Stone A LOT, which is currently sitting in primary but the guy at my LHBS told me that it is not necessary since our water here is not treated with...

Hey thanks everyone! I guess I was just nervous that if I brew such a hoppy beer and I didn't have the appropriate sulfate levels I would end up with rather weak tasting beer. Definitely a good point about not going overboard when it comes to not adding too much stuff to my water if I don't have...

Hi All, I am brewing a Stone Ruination clone soon and since this is such a hoppy beer I think that it would be wise to adjust my water levels to suit such a style. Here are the levels from my local water company:ew Alkalinity, total: 52.9 ppm Calcium: 23.5 ppm Chloride: 23.5 ppm...

I opened the first bottle of the NB AG Surly Furious clone kit that I brew over a month ago and I am quite dissapointed. I let it sit in the primary for 4 weeks, dry hopped for a week, and it's been sitting in bottles for 3 weeks. The OG was ~1.056 and FG was 1.015. First off it had a massive...

So, I went to my LHBS today and picked up the ingredients for this tantalizing brew, what does everyone think??? Catamount Porter Method: All Grain Style: Robust Porter Boil Time: 60 min Batch Size: 5.5 gallons Boil Size: 7.44 gallons Efficiency: 72% Original Gravity: 1.060...

Thanks for the help! I actually let the hydrometer sit in the test jar overnight and it reads 1.060 now. Not sure how accurate that is though....

Hello, After a few weeks spent attaining a keg, converting it to a mash tun, and getting some stands built, I finally put it all to the test yesterday during a rain storm here on Long Island. It's pretty ghetto as I don't have a HLT, just a bottling bucket that I fill up with 168 water off the...