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I have a question about over sparging. I typically use a calculator to figure out mash and sparge volumes. http://www.brew365.com/mash_sparge_water_calculator.php I usually have 4 gallons in the mash and 5-5.5 gallons of sparge(depending on grain bill). Should I be doing this another way? For...

Thanks for mentioning the sparge water. I've never done this before and definitely will this coming Friday.

Funny! There have been several people(other than myself) who noticed that my beer is just "off", although they can't describe what's wrong. They're normally "one and done" when they have one of my beers. I have a thermometer from thermoworks. I did go through a few before I found one that was...

Short answer, this coming Friday. Long answer and a slight update.....Over the last couple of days, I've had a couple of people with a more experienced "beer" palate taste my beer(thanks Genacide). They both said the same thing; a small bit of astringency. Neither one said it was that bad, I...

I started out this way. I only started changing things up when I couldn't get the results that I should have been getting. I clean my kettle by scrubbing lightly with a green scotch-brite pad. I usually rinse it out right after the boil so not much scrubbing is needed. I typically don't...

I think it's awesome the amount of responses I've gotten, I truly TRULY appreciate it! I don't mean to keep bumping this thread, I just want to respond to most of the questions that are asked. I figure if people are willing to help me, I should be willing to answer their questions. Is there...

I've purchased various types of bottled spring water for the first 25+ batches and have used built up R.O. water lately.

Like beer?...I love beer! I like everything from PBR all the way up to a double IPA. The reason why I started making beer again is because of other people's homebrew. My dad made terrible beer in the 80's, I made terrible beer in the early 2000's. I just thought all homebrew was terrible...

I have a question about hot side aeration, doesn't the boil take care of this? Also, why do we avoid it when we purposely aerate right after the boil? I've never understood this.

Since oxidation might be the culprit, I looked at my cane a little more closely. Apparently it is an auto siphon cane. Here is a picture of the outer tube, it's riddled with cracks. Even with the cracks I'm not sure air would get into beer but who knows? I need a new one regardless.

Bucket was brand new.

4. I actually did try distilled water with a Burton salt pack for an oatmeal stout....nada. 5. I believe my yeast have been good. I rehydrate my dry yeast and use two packs for everything 1.060 and higher. My liquid starters have been at a 10:1 ratio(1000ml of water to 100g of DME) Once I...

The grain bill was entered, it was on a different page in excel. I'll definitely update everyone once I figure this out. I have a two-hearted clone I made this past Friday. In another week or so I'm going to transfer to a keg with a new auto siphon cane. I'm going to purge the empty keg...

For what it's worth...I just had my wife taste my beer and I then referred her to the "color wheel". She picked out "stale". Does this seem to fall in line with those in the oxidation camp?

I have to admit, many of my beers in the past have been good in the hydrometer post fermentation, but bad in the keg. (My last few haven't been good anywhere, but that may be from my switch to R.O or fermentation temperatures.) I actually switched to a different Co2 tank and replaced all of the...

Here is a screenshot of my Bru'n water profile. I doubt the water has been the issue this whole time, but maybe I'm further compounding the issue by making a profile that's incorrect.

I have never done this. I make about 2-3(5-gallon)batches a month and it doesn't get the green corrosion, but it doesn't look shiny either.

Is this my pesky glob of a liver trying to play mind tricks with me???

I don't think my water is to blame, I've purchased numerous types of spring water with poor results. I've only recently started using reverse osmosis. I think focusing on that is going down the wrong path considering the 20+ bad batches I've had with bottled spring water. I believe this is...