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Do you know what your batch size will be? What size is the other kettle? I see you have an eight gallon. When I first started AG, I didn't have a HLT but I did have the common 10 gallon round cooler for mashing. I used a five gallon kettle to heat water and it always took WAY longer than I...

Oh ye doubters, no pulling of legs here. I can't say that I was shooting for an extremely clear wort, and a cloudy brew doesn't bother me unless it comes along with flavor issues. I posted this only because I was taken aback when I saw how clear it was, I was happier about hitting my...

Ha! No jokes for sure, that's just the sanitizer. Maybe it'll keep the yeast happy for a few days.

I've never had much luck with getting very clear wort after the boil. Nonetheless, I've always been happy with the brews. This is a picture of today's batch, unfiltered using a turkey baster, straight from the kettle after chilling to ~75F. The only addition that could help with clarity at this...

First incredibly clear straight from kettle. 4/8/2012

Though it wasn't the wort, I have cleaned out the grains from my tun into another container and forgot to take it out of the garage. Of course it still had a lot of water, so I guess it's still somewhat wort, just never boiled. I was amazed how quickly it soured, it was in the garage for just a...

Thanks for the input! This was the only bottle with a problem, and unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) it was the last of the batch. I was saving it to see it it would improve. I am meticulous with keeping the kegs and lines clean, and thankfully have never had a problem there. I'm pretty...

I'm trying to figure out what caused this so that I'm familiar with it next time. This is (to my knowlege) my first infection. I forced myself to drink more than I enjoyed hoping that I'd immediately recognize it next time. Though, now I have to put a name to it. This was from a bottle that...

Your comments in Excel make sense to me now. My eyes were reading "difference" of 5, but for some reason I was trying to apply that as the "ratio" 1.0±0.5. So abs(1.2-0.9) ≤ 5, which works. Thanks, again! Isaac

Martin, I just discovered Bru'n Water - Incredible! I'm one of the nerdy types that is interested in the chemistry, and I am finding the details in Bru'n Water incredibly useful. Though, my knowledge of chemistry is pretty much limited to "don't miix fire and gasoline in the garage." When I...

Thanks, Martin. I'd read that the mash pH is what's important, but I wasn't sure if there is some point at which it becomes very difficult to bring the pH into a target range. Reading more from a couple of books reflects your comment, so maybe this won't end up with me surrounded by beakers and...

I'm in Cobb County, GA (Smyrna) and received this from Ward Labs last night. This is after a common activated carbon filter. I'll be taking my first steps in adding salts to the water this weekend, so I wanted to make sure nothing here is a concern. The first thing that jumped out at me is...

I thought I'd add that the two recipes were similar - both IPAs. So it wasn't like I was mixing a pilsner with a lambic. Isaac

My last two brews didn't come out as well as I'd hoped. The first has great body, aroma, and taste, but has really low ABV. The second has much higher ABV, but is much more bitter than I like. So, both are on tap and I've been adding a little of one to the other and l was really surprised that...

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I have a 10 gallon round Home Depot water cooler. I use boiling water to heat it up for about 10 minutes, then just dump it back into the pot it came from. Though, I've only finished a total of three AG batches. I had a stuck sparge during my third batch this weekend. I was adding mash water at...

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Thanks! Oddly, I write software for a living, but love pencil and paper math. Designing is a great book. I used it for most of the ingredients and used Palmer's calcs that helped scale up properly and with proper mash amounts. Thanks, Isaac

I've been brewing about seven months now, and today finished my third AG. I created the entire recipe on paper using these forums, wiki, and calculations from 'How to Brew' and 'Designing Great Beers'. I'm proud to say that even with a stuck sparge that cost me a while to resolve, I hit my...