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Never tested the mash PH with just my plain water.. May do a second batch today and do just that.

My local tap water if relative high in PH.. In order to get to an appropriate level I am having to add an inordinate amount of salts.. Leading to a salty flavor in my beers.. Advice?

Silly question... But is it possible the lines were reversed? You'll get nothing but a monster foam ball that way..

I am typically fermenting 10-30 gallons at any given time.. I bought one of the infrared thermometers to spot check each carboy during the process.. Usually I will have to back the temp down quite a bit early on to maintain a surface temp on the carboy ~63.. As the process slows down I bump it...

Yup.. Precisely..

Most here on the HBT dont worry much about getting hop material and trub into the fermentor.. It all settles out in a good long primary or a typical secondary, which ever method you subscribe to.. Dont worry about the trub and break material.. Wont hurt anything as far as I have been able to tell..

I have a few airlocks that I cut the "nipple" back a touch and used a paper hole punch to add a few larger diameter holes to the cap.. Occasionally I will get a particularly vigorous fermentation but it just runs through the airlock..

Force carb it when you get there..

Ed Wort's Haus.. It's the crowd pleaser for my uneducated BMC chugging neighbors..

I see that quite a bit.. I do exclusively 10 gallon batches and the color in primary is often quite different.. I have just always assumed it was a difference in the amount of hops and trub that makes it into each fermenter.. After secondary they are always indistinguishable in color profile..

yup.. you can also take the ground to a ground lug on the case...

10gal this morning before this monster IPA.. 2290.45 + 10 = 2300.45

Sweet! Thanks again for everyones quick responses.. Just started the sparge and first runnings on this thing are 25brix..

Well it's all in there.. Gotta couple of inches to spare.. Not gonna be able to use my float switch for sparging though..

Crap... Guess I'm just gonna have to back her down to 1qt/gallon.. 10 gallons of a big IPA with a 34# grain bill going on here.. Thanks for the help Guys... That blingmann link rocks..

How much grain can I mash in a Keggle at 1.25qts/lb?

Thanks for the guidance guys..

OK... Well Tapping in before the softener is not big deal.. Makes me feel better that I am likely on the right track to diagnosing this recent bad batch..

Gimme the skinny here.. Whats the deal with the softener..?

Well we have a water softener on the house that the wife loves, but after a recent bad batch I have noticed a distinct chlorine / chloramine scent in the shower.. I think occasionally the water district changes the chlorination.. I would prefer to start from scratch and build a profile than...