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Ha! Yes, you noticed that. ;) Cheers! Kal

Great article BrunDog! BYO had asked me back in May to 'review for technical accuracy' and frankly I couldn't find very much to comment on (other than an extremely minor typo or two). ;) Congrats! Kal

If you put as much attention to detail into the beer I'm sure it'll be great! Kal

As others have mentioned, nice clean job - well done! You should be proud! Kal

Just a warning on this, but these key words scream "high chance of CO2 leak" and given that it's in a cellar with no venting it would fill up, poses a serious danger of asphyxiation to anyone entering the cellar. Example...

Nice! Good luck on getting the brewery all set up and running! Kal

Brewing electric! Kal

Yes. I understood that to be the question. My experience has been that it hasn't been too late. That said, I don't wait 20-25 minutes before measuring pH. Way back when I first started doing water adjustments/measuring pH (more than 10 years ago), I had similar concerns and measured pH ~5...

Correct. That has not been my experience. Once I know how a grist behaves and how much (if any) acids I need to add after mashing in with whatever salts I've added, I don't need to measure pH on subsequent batches to know how much acid to add (my water's very stable). Instead, I add the acid...

I should have said: "How easily your water's pH drops as you add the various grains, acids and so forth is more of a function of the residual alkalinity, and less the starting pH." I recommend brewers add salts to hit the flavour profile they're interested in, measure the resulting mash +...

Starting pH of the water doesn't matter. Ignore it. How the water reacts to the various grains, acids, and salts you add is what matters. The goal is to achieve a mash pH that helps convert the starches to sugars. How easily your water's pH drops as you add the various grains, acids and so forth...

Nice paint job! Kal

Racked a beer (Electric Hop Candy Jr, a New England style Pale Ale) Kal

There's nothing wrong with automation, I simply caution someone into thinking that it'll save them time as there doesn't appear to be any fully automatic setup available for purchase today, so you end up spending lots of time building in automation to save (what I believe is) very little time on...

My views are indeed biased to how I want to brew. I can only present my logic for choosing what I did. It's up to everyone to do their own research and decide for themselves what's best for them. That's why I wrote my Control panel with discrete PIDs vs. computer/automation article, to let...

Norselord, I was the same boat when I designed my brewing setup back in 2008 (the one I documented on TheElectricBrewery.com). I had two young kids, always busy, but I still wanted to brew. I get asked all the time why I didn't automate things more so here's a bit of a canned response from my...

Added dry hops at high krausen to my Electric Hop Candy Kr new england pale. A video: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ba5L7UrgkR2/?taken-by=theelectricbrewery Kal

Ha! I like it... maybe in our next house? ;) Kal

Brewed yet another batch of Electric Hop Candy Jr (a New England style Pale Ale) in the basement brewery. Cold and rainy outside so perfect day to brew inside! Videos: Mashing: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ba1i5LNgvSS/ Boiling: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ba1-dnQAKCz/ Extended Hop Stand at...

Measured out my water additions for brewing Electric Hop Candy Jr tomorrow. (Water adjustment is critical to this New England style Pale Ale. Check out my step by step guide). Video: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bazlt_UA_HO/ Kal