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Searched everywhere and couldn't find anything. Is underdiluted starsan a problem? Ever? Say you throw a capfuls worth into a spray bottle. Besides wasting starsan, will an ultra low pH, over concentrated starsan mixture do anything other than kill microorganisms? Will it be ineffective at all...

That's something I've been really wondering about too. It's summer now and they really up the chlorine levels because it gets hot and the bacteria thrive in the heat. I now have a charcoal filter and used it on a slow flow rate for my dunkelweizen and used all RO for the saison. Both are still...

I brought a sample of the beer to my local club meeting the other day. Pretty much everyone that tried it said it was Phenol. Nobody really seemed to have a reason for why it happens though. The general response was that something during fermentation caused the problem. Most didn't think that...

My future wife graduated there!

With all this talk of water I'm on board but not sure where to start. I'm not opposed to buying distilled water for next time. Heck if it works I'll probably get an in house RO system to collect water for brewing. What minerals would I add though?

Since I moved it to the keg already, is it doomed to be a green apple beer forever? Any tips on getting it down to 66? My immersion chiller seems to move reaaaally slowly once it gets the wort down to 80. Although it hits 80 fairly fast. Can I throw it in my freezer and delay pitching a bit...

Wow, that 1lb hop addition must be what im tasting! LOL I'm a mess :(. It was 1oz :). Thanks for the suggestions, I'll hit up the LHBS for some CaCl. I have a club meeting on Monday as well so I'll bring a small growler. The reduction of carbonation doesn't sound too hard to try either!

It really can give an off flavor from being too cold? Wow, and here I was thinking it was getting up in the 70's during the first few days because my ambient was only 65*F. I have a temp controlled freezer now though which I will use when I brew this again. I really don't want to taste any fruit...

WHOOPS! I fixed that. I finished at 1.013 which seemed very reasonable. That was an absolute typo.

The yeast is Fermentis Safale US-05. That's all I did for aeration was dump it through a strainer. Didn't think about the hydrometer being bad because I've been hitting my calculated OG's. I'll get another one though and see if it reads any different for future brews.

Not sure I understand the "Can't use a refractometer". I'm using a floating hydrometer. The thermometer is a Thermowerks Thermapen. It's digital and reads fairly quickly. I had been using a floaty but got the thermapen after my mild under-attenuated. As far as it being "green apples" I...

Well I had this all typed up and the site determined that I needed to be logged in (which I was..) and I lost it all so this is quite a bit condensed but hopefully its enough info this go around. Anyways here goes. I recently started all grain brewing and it hasn't been working out. I tried a...

Hi, new here. I've been brewing since last Christmas. Started off with a hefeweizen and a stout and went all over the place from there. I've been a long time lurker and hoping to learn a lot.