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well tomaso, I won't go into details about my process but let's say that I've made tons of research since 2013 on how to get malty brews and I've tried many many things except measuring my mash ph. I do use brun' water and had my tap water analyzed but my last red ale turned out super thin and...

tomaso, I have the exact same problem as you...can brew very nice hoppy beers but my malty brews suck. It's been that way for a long time. Let me know if you ever figure out something !

4x4's are way overkill for your project...2x3 is more than enough, lighter and cheaper

@wstock did you work fort first air or canadian north ? I fly in the arctic with a small company and you pretty much summarized how lucky we are to see this

Hi venari ! I'm an all grain brewer who flies all around the canadian arctic. In fact, I was in igloolik a couple of days ago. I fly for kudlik, you might know our company ? Anyway, It's cool to know that someone from igloolik is brewing ! I also met a guy from pond inlet that does the same as...

hot side aeration is a myth anyway plus in the video, there's no splashing at all

^are you talking about the thermapen ? If so, how did you realize it was off ?

all right I'll check my decimals, I don't want beersmith to round up my numbers. thanks guys

yes I know, I don't know what happened with my og but for the moment, I'm trying to understand why Beersmith is short on 1 L after the mash. And yes I checked the box "adjust mash volume for deadspace"

Turns out I might have an issue with my volumes with beersmith. Under the equipment profile page, I verified the box "adjust mash volume for deadspace" was checked and it is. However, under the volume tab of my ipa recipe, the volumes for the mash and strike water does not add up to the preboil...

I came up short on my last few brews regarding my post boil gravity and I'm recalibrating my sight glasses on my kettle and HLT to pin point the problem. When beersmith tells me that I need like 12 Liters of water for the mash at 154 F, is that supposed to be cold tap water ? Once heated, I...

all my gravity readings are corrected to 60F

Someone assumed I measured my gravity at 46 C but I use Fahrenheit when brewing, so my sample was taken at 46F, which is cold and needs to be corrected slightly. So with all that said Doug, I guess I should recheck my hydrometer reading with water at room temp and triple check my sight glass...

another question though....I ran the predicted beersmith numbers and came up with this..it seems impossible to get such a high OG with the pre boil gravity predicted pre boil volume = 21 L, predicted pre boil gravity = 1.052 (1.052-1)*21 = 1.092 predicted post boil volume = 17 L...

ok are my numbers right in your equation ? (Pre-Boil_SG - 1) * Pre-Boil_Volume must = (Post-Boil_SG - 1) * Post-Boil_Volume pre boil : (1.051-1) * 21 = 1.071 post boil : (1.058-1)*16 = 0.928 Obviously either my volumes or gravities are wrong ?

pre boil sg was 1.051 (temp was 46 but I corrected it with a chart) pre boil volume was 21 L, using my sight glass on my keggle. The sight glass was painfully calibrated using a water bucket and balance, 1 liter at a time. Post boil volume was 16 L post boil sg was 1.058. I think I will...

yep I am cooling them...The only thing I can think about is that I made a mistake on my pre boil gravity but this is unlikely as I check 2-3 times to be sure

I'm having a hard time nailing my post boil gravity using beersmith. Do you guys have any idea ? On my last few batches, the pre-boil gravity was always within 2 points of what beersmith predicted but for the post boil gravity, I often get 8 points lower than expected. I use an hydrometer that...

yep that's it ! It's a threaded valve that scews into the regulator body. I added some teflon and tightened the hell out of it. Now it seems to be ok !

Okay so I've emptied 2 co2 bottles in the last 4 months and today, I finally decided to check for leaks. Well so far, I found two leaks on the regulator. I eliminated one but the other is still leaking no matter how hard I tighten it. It's leaking right where the red hose ball valve (co2 line)...