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I will be brewing up a batch this weekend. Makes sense to add the acid malt after 45 minutes into the mash but do you mash longer to ensure adequate conversion time for the acid malt? Maybe a 75 or 90 minute mash?

This isn't as important with extract brewing because most of the minerals you need are within the extract itself. I see you are doing partial mashes. not sure how important it is with PM. Its very important with all grain though.

When you mentioned using RO and did not mention adding minerals back into the water, that was a red flag for me too. You need to find out the characteristics of your tap water and plug your numbers into one of the many spreadsheets out there (I use brunwater) to see if you need to make any...

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5/8" has to be more efficient due to increased surface area and potentially higher gpm correct? A cheap 25' x 3/8" is what I use now and it is not efficient at all. Doesn't help that I have warm central FL water but it takes forever to get down to 100 deg F. I usually get my wort down to 100 and...

haha not sure why it never even crossed my mind that I can just bring it back if it doesn't clean up nice. I'm going to give it a go for sure.

That was my thought as well. Go to town on the outside and not worry about the inside as much. Might not be worth it. That is what I am trying to figure out. 50' of 5/8 at home depot is $120. This coil is about 40' and I can take it home for $20. To me that is worth it if I can somehow...

haha, that risky huh? There is no way to thoroughly clean it? The way it is coiled up so cleanly makes me believe it was never used. The ends do not appear to have ever been soldered.

So I work at my friends scrap yard a few weekends a month to help her out and make some extra cash. Found this coil of 5/8 copper that is pretty badly oxidized and dirty but structurally in good shape. I have been wanting to update my chiller and hopefully reduce my chilling time. Have any of...

Seasonal Creap - Chocolate Pumpkin Ale Jai Alai White Oak Anyone interested?

Trying to get my hands on some pliny to try along side of the clone I have in the primary right now. I live right down the street from Cigar City Brewery. Is anyone interested in a trade?

With a temperature strip on my 8 gal speidel fermenter. Not ideal but it should keep me in the ball park. I typically try to keep it constantly reading 64 because I realize that inside will be a degree or two warmer.

Thanks for the input. I'm kind of leaning towards the centennial being the culprit as well. Skittles is another good comparison so I think you were in the same boat. Got my hops from yakima valley hops. 2014 harvest. Pellet. I really like the taste and aroma, just not was I was aiming for...

The OG was 1.060 and final FG was 1.012. I did read about the 12 hr rule of thumb however I aerated anyway because the temp was still cold enough that I believe the yeast was still dormant.

Can't say I remember any lemony aroma.

Could be that. Or maybe my nose is way off and the aroma is floral instead of sweet fruit. With equal parts cascade and centennial at flame-out, would the centennial over power the cascade?

And I harvested the yeast from an india red ale. Shouldn't be an issue there.

Definitely not grapefruit/citrus which is what I expected. Fermented at 65dF. Pitched the yeast when it was even colder and let it come up to 65. I will admit that I forgot to oxygenate when I pitched and then did so close to 24 hours later. At that time the wort was still well below 60 and...

I just tasted my first attempt at constructing my own pale ale recipe. Bitterness is spot on however the aroma is really sweet and fruity. Almost like bubble gum or fruity pebbles. Any ideas where this is coming from? I fermented around 65 degF so I don't think its esters. Although I did use...

You will have to excuse my ignorance if I am way off base here but I thought that when conditioning in a bottle the yeast will consume the oxygen as well as the added sugar. Can you really get the same shelf life bottling from the keg? I will definitely use this method if that is the case. I...