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I should have worded that better...I am controlling the temp of the beer. I am reading the temp via a thermowell.

Good evening everyone. So I brewed Edwort's kolsch recipe yesterday. I used WLP029 kolsch yeast. Edwort suggested fermenting at 68 degrees, which is towards the top of the suggested temp range for this yeast, so I set up the fermentation chamber for 68 degrees. When I got home from work today...

Quick question guys. I just brewed this recipe yesterday and used WLP029. I set the fermentation chamber to 68 degrees, as Edwort suggested. When I got home from work today the chamber was up to 71 degrees and the carboy is spewing co2 like I've never seen. So my question is, is this batch...

Thanks for the replies guys. I forgot to mention that I did double crush my grain. Would it be worthwhile tightening up the gap on my mill?

Good morning all. Yesterday I brewed my first BIAB batch and I loved it! I enjoyed the process so much more than the extract brews I was doing before. I brewed EdWort's Kolsch recipe (expected 1.052 OG) and shot for 70% efficiency but ended up getting 72% efficiency. I was excited that I...

Hi all. So maybe I'm over-thinking this...Since I add campden to my brew water because my water company adds chloramine and chlorine to my tap water, should I be adding campden to my starsan solution since I use tap water when I mix it? Would any off flavors be imparted by using starsan...

Ok great, thanks!

I hope to brew this recipe this weekend and I was wondering what mash pH I should shoot for. Thanks!

I just read to add 10% of whatever the original yeast pitch was. Is this good advice?

Thanks for the responses guys. So I've never had to add yeast. How do I go about doing this? Do I add a little to each bottle? Is there a type of yeast that is best for doing this? I have some Montrachet dry wine yeast laying around if that would work. Thanks again!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! So here is my dilemma...on 12/21/2014 a friend of mine and I made 2 batches of cider. One was a mango cider and the other was a pear. We were making this for his wife. However, she got pregnant shortly after and obviously couldn't drink so the carboys of cider...

I'm interested to see if the boil is noticeably more intense with the graincoat installed.

Hey Weezy, did you ever brew this one again? I might make this my first all grain brew. I love this beer.

I use one of those heat panels that you put under a desk to keep your legs warm. It does not get anywhere near hot enough to catch fire. This is the one I use. It works great. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FRFFC4W/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

I tend to only save stubby bottles... Easy - Sierra Nevada, Founders, Firestone Walker Difficult - Fatheads

Any updates about your brother? Thoughts and prayers to you and your family.

Any updates about your brother? Thoughts and prayers to you and your family.

Get the Thermapen. You won't regret it. My girlfriend originally bought one for me a couple years ago for when I make stuff in the smoker but it quickly became the brewing thermometer as well.

I just entered my water company's info into the bru'n water spreadsheet. One question, what should I have entered if my water report lists Sulfate as a range? It's listed as 34-100 ppm SO4. Should i enter it as an average? I entered 70 ppm in the spreadsheet. If I was correct in doing that, I...

Thanks for the reply! I wasn't going to do a sparge. Since I'm going to mash in my total water volume, would there only be one gypsum addition at the time of the mash?