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Hello all, I'm working on my American IPA recipe and I'm starting to seriously look at my water chemistry. I use water from an artisan spring near where I live. The water tastes great, and is free, and I figure if there is anything living in the water, it gets killed off in the boil. This is...

I am glad that this has already come up recently. I am actually hoping to make a similar jump next year. Like everyone has said, its a lot of work for little pay. I hope to get on board with one of a larger breweries in the area(seattle/everett). Its not something i can do now because I just...

Glad to hear that you guys think its ok? Should i start checking the gravity? Or am i better off waiting for a little while down the road?

I posted last week about Pitching the yeast late. I have pitched on Wednesday, after adding yeast nutrient and oxygen to the juice. By that night there was slight evidence of a krausen, and by the next morning there was about 1 -2 inches of solid krausen on the top of cider. It has sit around...

So I added the campden tablet. but just three for the whole batch. Everything looks pretty still and its pretty clear. Tomorrow i'll go down to the brew store and get the yeast for the cider.

It's my first attempt at making a cider this year, and apples ripened early in Washington. I wasn't planning to press cider for at least 2 more weeks, but got the now or never call, and pressed 6 gallons of cider on Friday afternoon. I went out and bought campden tablets and pectic enzyme at...

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Bringing this back. I saw GNR friday night. Amazing show. I wish they spend more time on their first album, but still an amazing night. I was stoked when i heard that Alice in Chains was opening, They played Seattle a month ago and i totally forgot to get tickets until it was too late. So them...

I've been thinking a lot about mashing, and all the different variables that come into play during the process. I am thinking about doing tests to see what different variables yield the best results. But before i go and buy a bunch of grains and spend hours mashing them, i am wondering if anyone...

Got my tickets for the Seattle show in August, Super Stoked

I'm planning my next brew. Readjusting my IPA recipe after some advice is received from my uncle. I put the recipe into Brewtoad and got one set of numbers. But when i actually do the math myself, i get numbers that are slightly off. I went to the grain manufacturers website and got a the...

So my last batch turned out ok. My Gravity is a little high for the IPA style that i am going for ( FG = 1.022). The beer had a slight broth taste too it. I think that was from the Melanoiden malt that was used. I did a 1 gallon beer of just melanoiden and it had the same flavor. Also i let it...

UPDATE: Did my latest batch since i started this thread last Friday, in the fermentor now. I tired some different things and I'm excited to see how it turns out. The biggest thing is that i changed the water. Rather than using the tap water since it was easy. I used water the the artisan...

I am looking to upgrade my brew set up and among the changes is my method of vorlaufing. I am hoping i can set it up with a pump so i can use that time to do other things, like set up the sparge water. My goal is to set everything up with 1/4in fittings so i can keep the flow at a constant...

I am planning on making my first cider batch, probably next fall, when the next batch of apples i want to use is available. I just have a couple questions. 1) After pressing the apples, there is going to be a lot of sediment in suspension in the cider. That is when i want to add my pectic...

Its a fly sparge. And just to clarify, i dont stir during the sparge. just during the mash to keep the temperature even

philipmeese, could you please elaborate on stirring the mash during the sparge? Thats not somthing i think i have read or heard about. As for the temp control during fermentation, that is going to be an issue. I know with this last batch there was a lot of temperature fluctuation, partially...

Tl : DR So last weekend I bottled my 3rd batch of beer. The brewing was slightly rushed because of a last minute change in venue and a power outage. It was a different recipe than the previous two because the reviews of my 2nd batch were very positive. From reading i know i have a very drawn...

So i made my first All-Grain batch of beer, which happens to be my first ever beer on my own. Everything seemed to go well, I don't have information on gravity or ABV, or mash efficient. But it was pretty good time making it. Mashing worked ( though i don't have any info on mash efficiency). The...

Thanks for that. Looks like exactly what I need. is that book a good source for all grain recipes?