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For 2016, I'm adding to the current total of 4011: 10 Gallons Hills Farm Abner clone 10 Gallons Foothills Jade clone 10 Gallons Victory Storm King clone 10 Gallons 3F Zombie Dust clone 10 Gallons Half Acre Daisy Cutter clone 10 Gallons Rogue Shakespear Stout clone So, my 60+ 4011 = 4071

Thanks for commenting Yooper - I started with your simple water adjustment sticky advice, and am now digging a little deeper. Without baking soda, mash PH is predicted at 5.3, with addition it's 5.4. That's with no acid malt or lactic acid. I brewed this Saturday (while sipping Yooper's...

Thank you Martin, appreciate the clarification. Will ignore bicarbonate target going forward. Is calcium ~50 PPM a worthy target, or should that be a byproduct of other additions? Increasing calcium is what lead to my exceeding target for Chloride and correspondingly increasing Sulfite over...

Thank you doug293cz for responding, I've corrected the original post as the sulfite / chloride was my concern, not so much sodium. Also attached the mineral addition section of the worksheet. To answer your question, sodium increase is coming from baking soda used to increase bicarbonate. I'm...

New user to Bru'N Water, but Lord knows I love playing with numbers. Tweak the spreadsheet long enough and it starts to feel like reality! Anyway, brewing a stout tomorrow with Denny's 1450 (rumored to floc slowly) so feel the need to get near the calcium target for Black Balanced profile...

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Conical, not Cronical

Great timing, I was thinking about this exact poll last night! I've morphed from dry hop in secondary to dry hop in primary + 2nd dry hop in keg, removed after 4 days or so. Not sure its the "best" method, but it's the horse I'm currently riding.

Clone of Foothills Jade. Yum.... Brewed a clone of Half Acre Daisy Cutter today, actually looking forward to a lower ABV option on the keezer. (Is there such a thing as too many DIPA's? If so, I'm pushing it!)

After reading a recent thread about sani being sucked into the carboy during cold crash, and similar crisis re oxidation during cold crash, I started thinking (dangerous indeed!) Why cold crash before kegging beer? Sure it makes sense when bottling as the opportunity to clarify before bottling...

I appreciate the goal of making a statement "I'm saving money by brewing". It's much like "these shoes were on sale, so I saved money by buying 3 pair"! My wife might buy the second statement, but never the first! Ha. Here's how I look at it: Home Brewing is an expensive hobby that I...

Nice setup! I realize this is the flea, not the dog, but I love the brewing process wall art!

I'm in it to win it!

I think I have the exact opposite problem - my entire family is into craft brew, and refuses to drink anything except my home brew when at home. I knew my wife had arrived when I handed her a freshly poured pint of my Hop Harvest ale with homegrown hops picked while the boil pot was heating up...

Simple solution: Pints at #1, growlers from #2 at home. Re the advice "stay away from the drama", why? It's sorta the beer version of dinner theater. We can't expect every brewery to treat us like fellow members of the local homebrewer club - they're running a business. Great if they do...

I recently brewed a Heady Topper clone using Yeast Bay's Conan. I'm not experienced at harvesting and washing yeast, and question whether I should reuse this yeast. I generally won't risk the time and price of a batch over the time and price of yeast. And, this harvest goes against "the...

Just dry hopped with home grown hops my batch of "hop harvest IPA" brewed with fresh cones off the bine. For dry hopping, I first dried, vacuum packed, and froze the hops so weight was accurate. I hope freezing would kill anything the alcohol would not. I also followed advice in running the...

While treadmill shopping with my wife, she commented about one model "it seems like it's too narrow". Without thinking first, I replied "Honey, the more time you spend on it, the less that will be an issue". One more repeat of the lesson NOT learned "think twice before saying nothing"

Re "How to align holes in lid with holes in plywood", I drilled mine by clamping the plywood to the lid, then drilling both in one shot so there was no risk of misalignment. Early on, I separated the lid from the freezer body by removing hinges (with nails blocking them from closing) and worked...

The top is 3/4" cabinet grade plywood attached to the factory lid with T-bolts. Recesses for the T bolts were cut with forstner bit on top. On top of that is 1/4" durock that's coated with a waterproof membrane under the tile. Re attaching sides, they're over a 2X4 frame set on top of the base...