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Here's just a thought, and you don't have to try it but I would consider brewing a "control" brew. Go to the store and get bottled drinking water and brew with that without adding any salts or other things to adjust your mash ph. Only reason I say this is because I do this with all my beers...

Anyone? Id like to have a good informed reply soon as I am mashing right now. ;)

Well I was worried that I would drive off the flavors I was going for. Hence the reason for cold steeping.

So, last night I cold steeped my dark grains for my imperial stout.y only question that I couldn't seem to find any valuable info on I'd this: When to add the cold steeped wort? I've come across people saying to add it to the boil with 2 minutes left or at flameout. Would there be any...

Well, you could go with the triangular number sequence: x=n(n+1)/2 Which ends up to look like: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45 ... etc. OR. Another sequence that would be good for hop additions would probably be Square numbers. x^2 Which looks like: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64.... and...

I love brown ales! Last one I brewed was my favorite, and a family favorite. I used caramel 40L and 60L. I also sprinkled in some chocolate and munich as well. It was wonderful. I used Glacier hops in my brown, and man is that good! I think that the flavor Glacier brings to the table compliments...

You still looking for a brew pot? I have a pot that has probably 3 or 4 brews in it that is 7.5 gallon I believe. Let me know if you are interested and we can talk price.

IMO As far as yeast for a brown, I've used both wyeast 1098 and 1335. They are both awesome with browns because they bring out the malty character that browns have. But if you are sticking with recipes and not really straying from them, the 1028 is a good too.

Those grains and extract look like they'd be a good combo. In my brown I use glacier hops and it is an amazing compliment to the malt flavors that come out. I especially use them for the flavor and aroma additions. I love my brown and so does my friends and family. It's usually gone within a...

Brewdoc that is a nice looking paddle. I like the way the mineral oil pulled out the grains. Very nice. I just used mine for the first time the other day and man am I glad I made one! It made stirring the mash much easier and more enjoyable!

I would say mineral oil is your best bet... As with anything in homebrewing, it's best to wait it out and not rush things. If you are that anxious, go to Home Depot or wherever and get a single plank and make one out of that. I got my 1x6 piece of red oak from Home Depot for $10. Not to shabby...

I think that using beeswax would be an awesome finish for hardwood, however since it doesn't penetrate the wood that well and makes a sort of coat on the wood, I wouldn't think it would be good for a paddle. I feel like putting it in hot wort would slowly melt the wax off into it. Obviously no...

Yes that is exactly what I DON'T want to happen. I had mineral oil on hand so I used that. It seemed that it will work great. It applied just like tung oil (I'm comparing to that because I have used it before on other wood). Besides I think butchers oil is mineral oil and something else mixed...

Zmad, I like that! Really sweet! What did you use to cut out the design in the paddle? I used a scroll saw and it was such a pain on mine. I did get better as I went though an my cuts got smoother as I went.

Oops, I'm an idiot. I didn't realize my reply went to the next page and thought that it didn't post. Haha sorry for the double post.

Thanks sweetcell for the compliment and I respect your concerns, but I've done much research and found that people who have oiled their paddle and used it multiple times, they had no ill-effects to their finished beer or head retention specifically. I therefore said F it and went ahead and...

Ya know, I have really been battling with myself about putting mineral oil on it or not... Ive been back and forth and back and forth. I came to the conclusion to just do it because I love the way it looks now, and I've read multiple people say that they have finished theirs with mineral oil...

Here's mine. It's one piece of solid red oak. It's close to 42" and the paddle is about 5.5" wide. Right now it's unfinished but I am about to put mineral oil on it. This took a whole for me to do and I am in love with it! I can't wait to use for the first time!

I usually run my grains through on the smallest setting at my LHBS and take a look at the grains. Sometimes, depending on the grain, they need a second run through, sometimes they turn out fine after the first. I do a full volume mash, no sparge, stir probably 2 or 3 times during the mash, then...