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It says strike water at 169, but I am afraid that is so hot that it will kill any enzyme activity

I am trying to brew an IPA using beersmith but have a couple questions: 1. I was not planning on preheating my 10 gal igloo cooler mash tun, but beersmith says my mash in temperature should be 169F, is this too high?? 2. When batch sparging, beersmith says to use 2 steps of 1 gal and 4 gal...

I would like to vorlauf in my BIAB kettle to clarify a bit of the wort, how can I do this without getting the bag sucked into the ball valve?

I brewed a noble pilsner about 8 days ago and pitched a packet of dry saflager yeast. I believe I made a mistake when I rehydrated the yeast at room temperature water instead of warm water, I didn't see much/any foaming after the 30 minute mark, but pitched anyway. Action in airlock is very...

Hello all, My recipe for my first cider is as follows: 5 gal pasteurized, non preserved cider 3 3/4 cup light brown sugar WLP775 Cider yeast Pectic enzyme and some yeast energizer I put all that in a 5 gal carboy so there is very little headspace, but put a blowoff on. Plan to wait...

On brewday, after i cooled the wort, I racked into my carboy. I was surprised to find that I only had about 4 gallons out of the 5 I brewed with and that my noble pilsner wort was brown instead of gold. I brewed on a propane burner, is it possible too much heat caused a discoloration? Has...

I am currently brewing a pale ale in my primary that I plan to both dry hop and cold crash. It has been fermenting in the primary at 68F for 8 days now and I plan to let it sit there for another 6 or 7 days to finish fermentation and allow the yeast to clean and clarify. I plan on dry hopping...

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The yeast I used was White Labs WLP051 California Ale V Yeast (opt. temp. 66-70) http://www.whitelabs.com/yeast/wlp051-california-ale-v-yeast I am not sure how to get it to that temperature as it is hot in Texas, I have a kegerator with an external temperature regulator...I guess I could use...

First time posting -- me and my college roomates decided to start brewing. We got the necessary equipment off Craigslist and recipe/ingredients from local Austin, TX homebrew shop. We are brewing an American IPA - we made sure everything was sanitized, and let our beer ferment in 6.5gal...