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It's a 12 page report. Not sure what numbers exatly, but here's some that relate to hardness: ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION MAXIMUM MINIMUM MEDIAN (MCL, mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L) Chemical & Physical Parameters Alkalinity, as CaCO3 ' NR 130 94 99 Carbon dioxide, free (calculated) NR...

Just brewed a 6 gal batch last night using all base malt (8 lb of 2-row and 2 lb of 6-row). This is my second all-grain attempt. It's experiemental - I'd like to know the flavor that comes from just the base malt (1.050 OG) and moderate hopping (30 IBU). The wort is much darker than I...

I've read that it's the oxidation of the beta acid in the hops that produces those off flavors. Are you suggesting that boiling hops in the absence of wort (i.e. without sugars and proteins) oxidizes the hops due to the lack of these substances? When you experienced that flavor, did you try...

I have access to some locally home-grown hops and am brainstorming ideas for preserving them between harvests. I've seen the drying and freezing option, but does anyone know (or have heard of the results) from preserving by first creating a strongly bitter hop-tea (water only) and freezing that...

More great info - thanks for sharing your insight with me. I'm looking fwd to brew day.

Very interesting read. Thanks for passing on that information - the process makes sense. Now I've got to figure out if that flavor I like is coming from the grainy flavors aided by extraction from sparging or malty flavors helped by the opposite. Thanks for your time.

I love what comes across to me as if I was tasting the barley itself in some beers like Bitburger and Stella - what I'd call a very "grainy" taste. Not sure how much of what I like in there is a hops or other characteristic - but I'd like to experiment towards those flavors I like in a session...

Thanks IrregularPulse, will do.

I love what comes across to me as if I was tasting the barley itself in some beers like Bitburger and Stella - what I'd call a very "grainy" taste. Not sure how much of what I like in there is a hops or other characteristic - but I'd like to experiment towards those flavors I like in a session...

Hello all. I'm a beginner home brewer. Engineer by trade, thrifty at heart. I'm making or borrowing what I can to brew beer. Just borrowed (3) 5 gallon glass carboys, one of which a mouse had climbed in and died. I can get over the gross factor as long as I'd be able to get that thing...