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Appreciate it! It seems pretty subjective to me. If I brew with straight tap water vs. treated water, how big a difference will I notice? I guess It'll take a lot of batches to figure out.

I've seen a lot of posts regarding water and what people treat their water with to add or remove certain properties. I believe our local water (Vancouver, WA) is pretty good...to my knowledge. Maybe a bit hard? No RO. I've attached a document here if anyone is interested. I'm curious what you...

Thanks! I did notice that & my reading was taken very close to that temp.

Thanks! I'm gonna let it ride 1 more week. Looks like I have a pretty solid yeast cake in the bottom.

Right about 1.050

Appreciate the feedback! At least I know I'm reading it (mostly) correctly. Yeah, homebrewing takes the patience of a saint. I've only brewed my first batch but I'm 100% hooked!

Hi all! New to home brewing and brewing my first batch. Hoppy Red Ale. After 2 weeks in primary fermenter I'm getting the following reading. Having difficulty telling exactly how to read this? Would this be 1.012? Tastes nice, albeit flat. My recipe says to ferment for 8-12 days. That...