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Ill be checking the tap water PH later tonight. There is a PDF attached with the recipe. I just remembered that I boiled with the lid closed. Another thing i did was filter the wort with a white cloth (I had some problems milling the grain) witch was probably washed with bleach and detergent...

Hi all, Today I was going to transfer my first brew ever from the primary to the secondary and something bad happen... The carboy fell and broke up... But I was able to save a little bit. I was really anxious to taste it an I did! But the beer was too bitter. I did all according to a...

I didn’t do it... I don’t have iodine at home... I guess ill just carry on and hope its all OK. Thanks.

Hi all, I'm brewing right now and I have a problem. When a added water to get to 66º Celsius, the temperature went all the way up to 73º for 1 or 2 minutes. I've read somewhere that only in mash out we should go above 72º. Did I ruin this batch?

The problem is that I Live in an island in the atlantic ocean. It's a 2 hours flight from Portugal and 5 from US lol. There is no local home brew store here...

The cooler is only 10 liters. I mash About 6 liters to get 4 after 1 hour boiling. My oven's weak so i'll isolate better the cooler with aluminium paper and I believe it Will be enough to hold My temps. But the winning idea was the "mash in a bag" lol. I believe this Will eliminate the...

I forgot to say that I'm only doing 3,5 to 4 L batches Lol. It takes only 1 to 1.5 kg of grain so for this amount I don't thing a rolling pin Will be a problem...

Great idea! How did I never thought about it before?! That's Just what i Need... I've registered the temperatures the Last(only) brew but haven't done the math yet. But it something close to your margin. And I Will buy the corona mill as soon as I can. Thanks for the info... it helped me a lot!

Thanks everybody for the inputs... I'll try RM-MN's method next saturday.

Obrigado! Thanks!

I don't BIAB... I brew in a mash tun* (cooler) with no valve and no false bottom.* I know this is not the best setup but that's the only one available for the moment. I've Just started brewing* (only one brew yet lol) and some day soon i'll have a better setup. But for now, and Just to get...

Hi, I'm new to home brewing and a didn't have a chance yet to buy a rolling mill. I'm kind of short on budget and at this time is an impossible acquisition. I've read somewhere on the web about using rolling pins to crush the grain. I've already tried it with a small amount of grain and it...

The yeast is BROULAND Brewferm Lager and the target temperatures are between 12º and 15º Celsius. But given that fermentation is an exothermic process, I've figured that I should lower the temps a bit to get them around that target inside the fermentation vessel. The variations are due to the...

Ok... thanks for the answers. Anyone has anything more to say about this?

And is it normal or is it some kind of infection?

Hi, For the first time I've brewed a beer (lager), 2 days ago. All went reasonably well and the beer has been fermenting for the last two days. The airlock has been bubbling slowly but steadily and the temperature has been varying from 5º to 10º Celsius. The problem is that there are some white...

Hi, My name is Pedro and i am from Portugal.