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I just found this on a fish tank forum regarding these filters: "One other thing you will want to do to help the unit be more efficient is to turn the DI canister (the clear one) vertically so that the water doesn't "channel" through the DI resin. You want the water to come in the bottom...

I have a small 5 stage portable filter from purewaterclub.com. The water is run through a series of carbon filters, RO filter, and DI filter. I don't have a TDS meter but I see where you're going.

I guess I'm still confused as to why I'm extracting excessive tannins when sparging with RO water. I thought RO water had no buffering capacity which means my mash bed pH should not rise. Or am I all wet here?

I tried that on the last batch. I chilled to 28 degrees and added Polyclar. Helped a little with the haze but still tastes very astringent. I would prefer to fix the problem upstream.

Is there any harm in lowering my sparge water ph and then adding the other portion of my salts to the kettle (which would lower the ph even more)? In other words, is there any harm to the finished product with having my collected wort ph extremely low once I have collected it all in the boil...

Do you batch or fly sparge?

Isn't that because by that point of the sparge the mash ph has risen?

I've been brewing for a few years now. I've always batch sparged in the past and recently switched over to fly sparging as i finished building my vertical brew stand. My firt two batches on my new system have come out VERY astringent and more chill hazed than usual. My crush is good and...

It's hard to push Starsan through lines, picnic taps, and beer guns when it's in a glass jug.

Makes sense. Thanks

I personally wouldn't dry hop with fresh hops.

lol!

Why distilled water? Also, do you notice your starsan going cloudy using atmospheric air?

Does anyone keep star-san in an extra keg? I'm thinking that with the O2 purged from the keg, the starsan would stay fresh indefinitely. Would be nice to have starsan ready to go whenever one would need to sanitize a line or beer gun. Not to mention not wasting CO2.

I'm interested in 100 lbs of 2-Row. I'm in COS though.

One thing to note about COS water is that there are 5 different treatment plants with different sources for water. To further confuse the matter, they may also bring water from one plant to another area mixing water from the two sources.

1.) I didn't disassemble the post between batches but it's on my to do list as yooper told me to do so in a different thread. I think you could be on to something, though, as the valve button in the post will stick open slightly and shoot beer up when I remove the pin lock fitting. I thought...

I used the calculation on this page: http://beersmith.com/blog/2011/07/14/keg-line-length-balancing-the-science-of-draft-beer/ L = (keg_pressure – 1 psi) / Resistance So starting with our example of 12 psi keg pressure, and some typical 3/16″ vinyl keg tubing (which loses 3 lb/ft)...

Long time brewer, 2nd time kegger. Everything went well on my first kegged batch of Brown Ale. Now that I've upped the CO2 volume on my IPA, I'm having foam issues. My carb target is 2.8 volumes at 42 degrees which puts my pressure at 17PSI. Using 3/16" ID vinyl tubing, I need at least...

Do you think this year's batch is more bitter or less bitter than last year's?