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Hey all.. I'm on a city water supply and I am not comfortable that the water is of consistent chemistry. I am considering building an RO/DI station and then making creating my water profile from scratch each brew.. Who out there is building up a water profile from RO/DI for each brew...

I think the sole determining factor in your brewing level has to be your post count on the HBT..

Ok.. I will concede that I likely am poorly apt at describing the particular putridity that has stricken this beer.. To me, based on Denny and JDS's clarification on astringency, we definitely have that going on for sure.. But there is also a soapy aftertaste.. The start is watery, middle is...

Ever had powder dish soap in your mouth?

So on 9/8/2009 I brewed a pretty simple 10g batch of pale ale.. 15lbs 2-Row 2lbs Crystal 40L 1/2lb Munich 2 oz Centennial 2 oz Cascade 2ea. WLP001 OG was 1.051 Gravity going into secondary after 1 week primary at 68f was 1.015 Couple of weeks in secondary and it finished at 1.011...

Must... Refrain...

OK.. I just re-read my "contributions" to this thread and have realized that I don't think I have effectively communicated my feelings and position towards the Better Bottles. In my opinion Better Bottles are a fantastic product, at a very reasonable price, that have many desirable features. I...

It's really not worth the risk for me to try.. I can buy a new better bottle for the cost of the ingredients that would potentially be destroyed if it did get infected. I can assure that I am extremely thorough about my cleaning and sanitation process, that is the exact reason why these...

I do use vodka.. The suck back is not a big issue, just an annoyance and difference from my glass carboys. In the grand scheme of things I much prefer the safety of the Better Bottle to the glass carboy... The accessories are pretty nifty as well.. I just wish I didn't have these 2 that are...

I have mixed feelings about better bottles... I have 4 that are great, 2 that are not.. The 2 bad ones have what appear to be a ring of tiny craters in the bend where they begin to narrow from full diameter to the neck.. Looks to me like there were air bubbles or something that created the...

Counterflow Chiller

Boil is finished and we are cooling down quick.. Down to 120..

To some degree I would say it take some of the fun out of it, but I do enjoy very much being able to create consistent repeatable result and the build was a freakin ball.. I also have the option to run the entire system manually should I choose via the manual override panel..

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Still freakin sparging.. Started a game of monopoly on the cell phone.. 12g takes forever..

LOL... Just got back from Mexico so the flavor profile must be fresh in my mind..

Did 10g today so 2233.2 + 10 = 2243.2

Good God... I just tried a pale ale one of my buddies (new brewer who does not frequent this site) dropped by for me.. Taste just like an ******* on fire... Gonna take a few days to come up with appropriate constructive criticism that doesn't discourage him..

Man... Having that float switch tied in on my sparge process is the only way to fly.. Set it and forget it..

Just commenced the sparge... Lookin to collect about 12 gallons of wort..