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This may be a stupid question, but this is the first time I have cold crashed... Is it normal for the airlock to start bubbling again during the cold crash? Thanks.

I didn't see any. This is what the chemist told me... "We don’t disinfect with chloramines in Andover. Andover uses Sodium Hypochlorite." Maybe that's why the Na+ content of my water is 57ppm? Tha Thanks.

Thanks for the reply. I'm just getting into water adjustment. I looked on line for my towns water report, and it didn't have that much. So I called the town hall and they put me in touch with the chemist who works for the town water department and he sent me the full report. Went through it with...

But Capmden tablets are only necessary if there is chloramine in your water correct?

I pitched the whole starter... Thanks for the feedback!

No - I measure everything with a 2qt container, that I know is accurate by weight (there is that control freak thing again :o) and fill with that, (yes it takes a while) The issue was me not learning from my mistakes, and not really using the software properly . I think I have spent about 40h...

Well... The low volume strikes again! I got 4g into my fermenter today, but the good news is, I finally think I know why! Thanks to everyone who commented on this thread. It really made me look at everything, and I learned a ton from my brew day today. Here's what I think I know now... I have...

No stir plate, but it got swirled a lot in the first 24h. I was home the whole time, so prob at least once every 2h. How about the cidery smell? thanks,

I'm concerned about this starter I made Friday night... there is no Krausen, (there was, but it looked like the head on a beer, not what is usually in my carboy with fermentation) and it smells a bit like cider. gonna pitch in about 2 hrs. Should I not use it and just use the 2billion packet I...

after ALL that, I just realized my scale only measures to whole grams! So, not going to be exact as I was hoping for. :):rolleyes: Brew and learn...

Hi Gavin, I tried that. It didn't change the value. thanks though.

That's a good point about the lovibond numbers. I'll try changing them to match in BF. BW doesn't seem to allow decimals in some fields. I don't understand how the grist to water ratio is different. Both are set with 12lbs of grain to 4gal of water. I think BW may be giving an exact number and...

Here is what I am looking at... thanks!

Hi all, I posted this in the brewing software forum, but doesn't look like anyone is reading that today, and I'm brewing tomorrow. So, sorry for the duplicate post, but if anyone knows the answer, that would be great! Hi all, I just input my recipe into bru'n water, and brewer's friend...

Hi all, I just input my recipe into bru'n water, and brewer's friend, and got 2 very different mash pH estimations. (I'm a nurse and a bit of a control freak, so I check everything at least twice) Bru'n water predicted 5.1, and brewer's friend predicted 5.45. Which one is right? I keep going...

I actually just put this into the Bru'n water spread sheet (first time using this), and it said 4oz of acid malt was too much, and would give me a mash pH of 5.1... could I be entering something wrong, or should I just trust the software and step down the acid malt to 2oz? Lower pH is better...

Thanks Gavin - Appreciate it!

Sorry, this sentence confused me a it. So should I make a starter with the yeast I plan to use in 4 to 6 weeks, and just not decant it and leave the entire starter in the fridge? Or just leave the yeast in the package, and make the starter 5 or 6 days before I brew? Thanks! Appreciate all the...

It's got over 13oz of hops in it, so I'm hoping that will cover any flavors caused by pitching the whole starter... I have one more packet of this Giga GY054 yeast. I was told they are really only good for a month (by my LHBS guy) and the manufacture date is 11/10/15. So I was going to make...

I did use DME... My bad on the lingo. It was "light" dry malt extract which is where I got the "L" OK - I'll remember that for next time. So are the instructions on the Homebrew academy website just plain wrong? That's where I read you need to boil for 15 min... I would like to decant, but...