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Thanks! Thats awesome! Very good news to hear!

Hello, ive never had a contaminated beer, until now... I've brewed on saturday, left it in the fermenter, with temperature controller. Today i went to see if the airlock was bubbling and i saw that the airlock alcohol have decreased considerably, and probably wasnt locking the air out of...

It didnt turn out bad, but it didnt turn out great either... ive realized that some part of the equipment was leaving some off flavour to the beer, im doing a master clean up now to remove every inch of undesired stuff on my equipment. Also ive realized that i forgot to take down the temp...

Thanks to all! I'll let you know how this turn out in a couple of weeks :)

Ive done it in my firsts batches but never repeated again. What % do you recommend? or just test it until desired ABV? Does table sugar works?

Thanks @Jwin! Sorry for the odd numbers, thats because i have it all in grams, liters, etc and had to change it to ounces, pounds, etc. Not super concentrated on 55 IBU and 6.5%, my last brew was at 7.9% ABV and 80 IBUs, and the ones before that all around 7% and 60-70 IBUs, so for this one i...

Im brewing this beer on wednesday, so i was reading some articles and some threads here and i get some questions that could make my beer a little better, according on what i've read. This is my recipe in Beersmith 2.0 Efficency - 70% Est. OG - 1.060 IBUs - 55 Color - 8.9 Est. ABV - 6.5% 30.4...

Great advice, i will download Water book. My idea was to mash in, test the ph and then add the citric acid. Should i disolve it in water or just add directly to the mash? Thanks!

I was thinking of 2.5 tbsp of gypsum and 1 calcium chloride, in order to accentuate the hop bitternes but with a subtle perception of maltyness I dont know much about the water chemistry, everything i planned to do was because of reading threads in this forum and the water chem calculator...

I was planning to add citric acid to lower the PH, and gypsum and calcium chloride for flavour. I was only thinking of using the epsom salt just because the water profile i got from that calculator.

Folks, just the last question... When do i have to add each salt? Gypsum, Calcium Chloride and MgSO4 all in the mash? Thanks!

Yes of course, the link is http://www.brewersfriend.com/water-chemistry/

Im not sure if this is ok, but i entered the water profile in an online water profile calculator and the result with that water is that i have to add 0.4 oz of Gypsum, 0.14 oz of Calcium Chloride and 0.2 oz of MgSO4 (Epsom Salt) Is this right? Thanks!

I've found the composition for a bottled water i can buy here, i dont know much about water profiles so tell me what you think about the numbers I've tested the PH with a strip and it shows that is around 6.2 Dry residue - 137 ppm Alkalinity… 111 ppm Ca - 35 ppm Mg - 9,5 ppm Na - 6,8 ppm...

Done! How much difference in flavour intensity does 15 min, 10 min and 5 min have?

Amazing tips! I dont know if i can send the water here to test it but i will look into that. I will try preboiling the water, and then try to get the mash between 5.2 and 5.4 PH, less crystal and an amarillo late hop addition. So far my recipe looks like this: 30.4 lbs. 2 Row - 97.5% 0.22...

@ong I really love Citra and in my previous brews the combo with Amarillo was great, i dont know if it was because of the hop %, but i had better results when i add more Citra than Amarillo than Amarillo over Citra. @Yooper For the water i could try half filtered tap water and half destiled...

I will try boiling my water first because i dont know the water chemistry, ive found a study from some years ago and not many data in there. Im still adjusting my recipe, i will post it here before i brew this beer. Thanks to all for the help!

Im using filtered tap water, with an active carbon filtering. Ive never changed my water PH until now, my mash PH is around 6.2 so for the next brew i will lower it down to 5.2/5.4. I have citric acid for lowering ph and bicarbonate to take it up. What do you think about 0.15 oz Calcium...

What about Columbus for bittering? I've read its a good option if i cant find Mangum or warrior. Here i can get Nugget, Sladek, Mt Hood, Columbus, Perle, Cascade, Golding, Chinook, Amarillo, Citra, Fuggle, Saaz and Victoria Secret. Thanks!