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My kettle right now is only 30 qt so I have limited work space. Im going to try this anyway, just for the hell of it to see what happens. If I can finish with a gravity around 1.045-1.050 for each half then I'll consider it a success. Time is my real issue here so I can drop some efficiency...

I am planning on doing a 90 minute boil but I was hesitant to go any longer to avoid darkening it too much or producing off flavors. I am also limited by a 30 qt kettle. Am I wrong in thinking that?

I haven't had any bad experiences with the water, but I know that using some additives could help me out. I have noticed that my hoppier "clones" and other IPA's lack some of the zing or crispness that I get from the bottle of the microbreweries that I like. Looks like im gonna try some gypsum...

Interesting, I really do want to make my hops more pronounced in my IPA's and I'm wondering if that's what is missing.

Well, most of the time my efficiency floats between 67-77% so I was hoping that I could still lock in a reasonable extraction of a concentrate around 1.080 at the low end. Thats what Beersmith is telling me anyway. It shouldn't be too hard since the original recipe gets about 10 pts from table...

Ok, thanks guys. I guess I'll have to dig into the primer a little bit now and figure some things out on my own. I do have a quick follow up though. Getting more specific from my first question, My two favorite types of beer are stouts and IPA's. Is there any type of treatment with those that...

Hey all, I was thinking of making a simple cream ale(5.25 gal batch recipe,75% eff): 4# pilsen 4# pale 1# flaked corn 1# corn sugar .5 oz saaz at 60 .5 oz saaz at 2 and just doubling the bill to make a concentrated wort that I could dilute into 2 5 gallon batches after the fact. I'm...

Hey all, I'm trying to get a little more serious about my AG process and I wanted to know if anyone could give me any pointers on the quality of my water and/or anything I should be putting in it for my beers. I'm in Wilmington, DE, here's my city water profile: Public Works: Water Quality...

they were talking about a ss tube that could take a low density element in one side, probe in the other, and fluid flows off the side

2 packets would work, but you need to take extra care to oxygenate the wort regardless. 3 would also work, but it's approaching on overkill and not necessary. Some people really don't like overpitching in that sense and they believe it can leave off flavors

90 minutes can't hurt, especially considering if you want slightly improved efficiency.

Yep, they explained SMaSH without the term. still effective tho

I did about 6 months of brewing with only us-05 and s-04 and I never rehydrated or made a starter once(mainly out of ignorance). Several brews for both strains had an OG of over 1.080 with no problems except popping off the bucket lid so I'm pretty sure you can safely run s-04 safely as long as...

So just a quick show of hands or poll. Who's removed that darker shaded airlock to get a puff of brown foam all over them when switching to a blowoff tube? I knew I was due for one but I wasn't expecting the festivities early this morning, just before work, when I decided to change them out and...

Someone had posted these to be custom made over the last few days and I was just trying to find who the seller was. Thanks

so are these good as primary fermenters for 5 gallon batches? or just secondaries?

I'm in the area and would be interested in two if they are ball locks.

So I was thinking of getting this last time it came around but it sold out too fast. Any thoughts on whether or not it's worth it? Fermentation Kit

Possibly interested, Sent PM

So I was trying to make a standard blonde ale with 3lb of raspberry added late for flavor and I think I messed it up pretty bad. Instead of racking to secondary after a few days of primary I just threw the Berries(sanitized) into the bucket and let it go for 3 more days. I now know this is a...