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I'm brewing the epic pale ale clone. The OG was .051 and today after 12 days in the fermenter its .016. Its in a temp controlled fridge with heat pad. I usually get %80+ 6 kg Gladfields Pale Ale 36 2.62 80% 750 g Light Crystal 23L 34 23 10% 500 g Pale Crystal 40L 34 40 6.7% 250 g German -...

Cool will try 3 days at about 5 deg.. thanks!

How long do you typically cold crash for before kegging? or in my case bottling.

Hey, cheers very much for sharing your wisdom :rockin: Looking forward to the day when I pour one of my own beers and know it's as good as, or at least close-ish to anything out there. That's my motivation!

I now understand and will do a mash out next brew. Takes a while but gradually absorbing it all. I have found it very useful to refresh my memory by going back and reading every reply in this thread. Btw. I've now read the bru'n water guide but I need to read it a again (and again) then have a...

Finally got a brew down using the MM2 mill set to 0.045 (factory gap). My efficiency is up to 72% - an improvement of 20%. Happy with that.. finally some progress! It might not be down to the crush alone (although certainly appears to be the main culprit) but I have improved a lot of things...

Does look pretty good (i'm no expert though). Are you batch or fly sparging? and no issues with stuck sparges?

Yeah awesome - would love to see your crush. Thanks in advance. I'll use .045 this weekend then clamp it a bit for the next one. Cheers again Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I have just run the mill for the first time. I set the gap to .045 which is the factory setting - i had to set the gap myself as the unit came apart during shipping. Does this look ok?

Here is the first test of my spanking MM2 SS - set to the factory default of .045" (gap set by me because the unit came apart during shipping) The crush looks pretty good to me..

Cheers, I'll check out Bru'N Water. Batch Size: 30 L 6 kg Gladfields Pale Ale 750 g Light Crystal 23L 500 g Pale Crystal 40L 250 g German - Carapils 10 g Cascade Pellet 7 Boil 75 min 20 g Cascade Pellet 7 Boil 30 min 46 g Cascade Pellet 7 Boil 10 min 58 g Cascade Pellet 7 Whirlpool...

I got the impression you thought something is unusual about the water profile? The tap water in Auckland, NZ is all rain water collected in reservoirs. Btw thanks for helping out :)

I haven't added anything yet but that is the intention for my next brew. But yes that's the water coming out of the tap here (or close to it). That water will then be filtered through a carbon filter. Then would add any additions. Here is the actual water report I used from 2013. Note: I...

And yep I've read the primer sticky too.

Based on this chart and after plugging the numbers into the Palmer residual alkalinity spreadsheet (found here) I deduced I should/would/could add 4 gr of calcium chrolride and 4 of calcium sulphate (gypsum) to 18L of mash water to brew the EPIC pale ale clone - EBC 18, SRM 9.4) Any thoughts...

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