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    Newbie question about Beersmith Water Profile and Mash pH

    Chalk is apparently difficult to dissolve. I would suggest that you use Bru'n Water: https://sites.google.com/site/brunwater/ If you don't feel comfortable with that, if you'll post your base water profile and recipe I can try to help.
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    Which Vials for storage?

    This rack: http://www.hometrainingtools.com/test-tube-rack-30mm-21-holes/p/CE-TTR3021/ will hold the White Labs vials and the 33 ml Giant Soda Bottle Test Tubes. The White Labs vial holds around 35 ml and the Soda Bottle Test Tubes hold 33 ml. They are very close in size. I have one in the...
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    Methods of Yeast Farming

    I got the idea for my yeast bank from this post: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/entries/yeast-harvesting-novel-approach.html I take a new vial of yeast that I purchase and make a 1.5L starter out of it. The vial has about 2 inches of a yeast cake at the bottom that equates to the 100 billion...
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    First Water Adjustment Attempt (Porter)

    Send Martin a donation and get the upgraded version that calculates the pH to the hundredths on the Mash Acidification sheet and has the pH listed (to the tenths) on the Water Adjustment page. I shoot for 5.45 with darker beers as per Martin's recommendation.
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    Yeast measuring for counting

    Noob with first post, so, take this with a pinch of yeast.... I just started a yeast library for the fun of it. I took a vial of yeast (100 billion cells) and stepped up the count with starters. After cold crashing and decanting, I placed the slurry in individual 33 ml test tubes that...
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