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If you haven't already done it, check this out: http://www.sandiego.gov/water/quality/ You can look for the 2011 or 2010 report for one of our regions. I played around with the idea of doing something similar to what you were doing, but ended up taking the advice of a few local brewers...

I would offer one suggestion from this new homebrewer.... I too have hard water (San Diego), in fact my water profile per the county is higher than 7.4. Reading and taking the advice of others, I didn't sweat too much, as Ph has a way of reaching equilibrium in the mash. Just to be able to...

Best advice you'll hear regarding accurate temp readings. I use mine for both cooking and brewing. Pricey for sure, but well worth it. Cheers, JG

That's what I figured. There's not enough to even poor out, just a bit that has collected on the sides. Thanks, JG

Morning all, Quick question for you this morning regarding glass carboy sterilization. I decided to use heat, vice sanstar, to prep my carboy for a brew this weekend. I followed directions in Palmer's book, placing the carboy in the oven with tinfoil covering the neck. I left the carboy...

- lauter the mash tun, then add half the sparge water to the grain bed ***Lauter as in empty the mash tun, placing the wort into the brew pot before adding ~ half the sparge water? I'm just getting into home brewing and my first two brews (AG) were sparged slightly different from each other...