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Oh ok that makes more sense. I was kinda like space dust isnt a hazy ipa is it?

Maybe a session ipa? Mmm i love those. Isnt space dust like 8%? So maybe itll only be like 6% or so? Lol not too bad Also what hops go in that? Like galaxy, comet and falconers flight? Lol

I have an inline ice maker filter i got for that but id have to plumb it up as a permanent thing which i dont especially like or what i might do is figure out a way to use one of my pumps to pump my city water from one vessel through that filter and into my kettle and HLT

Man it went very well! The only problem i had was with my “herms” coil. I think it got partially clogged toward the end of the mash probably because i stirred the mash every 15 minutes and got some small particles through my false bottom which got caught in the crazy bend at the top of my...

I drink it filtered from my fridge but one time i bought an off brand water filter to try to save money over buying the 50$ water filter and the water tasted horrible. Like it wasnt even being filtered. Needless to say i stick with the expensive brand name filters Also I got so tired of going...

Thank you everyone for the help! I brewed the 10 gallon wheat ale yesterday and got about 83% efficiency! Way exceeded my expectations! I added salts to be close to a base water profile using the bru’n water software and then added lactic acid to lower the ph to around 5.35 or so. Had a little...

Got my new pickup tube and whirlpool tube from brewhardware.com installed

Hey everyone. Im brewing a 10 gallon batch wheat ale tomorrow. Im so excited to try out my new toys. Ive used a few things and tested stuff. So i got a larger wort chiller and im going to be using my old stainless wort chiller as a drop in herms coil. That way i can control mash temp while...

Ok that makes more sense, so your saying calcium plus magnesium plus sodium has to equal the amounts of chloride and sulfate? And you can predict this based off the alkalinity and hardness? Sorry i dont remember anything from high school chemistry. Lol. So basically my water is pretty soft and...

Right, so i had a ph meter and it crapped out on me. Used it a few times to validate the ph of my sanitizer then the electrode cracked. So basically maybe im overthinking this and shouldnt sweat the water chemistry so much? I mean i want to make good beer but if its off a little then it should...

So maybe i should stick with the bru’n water route? Bru’n water tells me to use 1.5 ml lactic acid for sparge water. I bought some lactic acid. Beersmith doesnt say to use lactic acid. Its like how can you trust that you are adding the right stuff when nothing tells you the same thing?

Thanks. So i was talking to a friend last night and decided to give it a shot in a few more days. Maybe its just too green. Idk

Actually i just found out that beersmith will spit out salt additions if you add your recipe and water profile and target water profile. Itll just tell you what you need to get that target! How easy and theres a 21 day free trial! I think im gonna try that

So im just trying my last brew now and its an ipa but it doesnt taste much like an ipa. It seems to be missing hop flavor. I guess my water profile was wrong and i didnt end up with a good hoppy water profile. So maybe i wont be using brewers friend this time so i can see how bru’n water works...

I didnt input the grains into brewers friend. I dont see where thats an option. I used the advanced water chemistry calculator. I balanced the ions for a balanced water profile and the i put in those numbers at bru’n water and the final water ion output is way different

So how come i put everything in brewers friend water chemistry calculator and in bru’n water and get totally different numbers. I mean the grains get input into bru’n water but other than that why would it be so different?

I guess i still need to balance the ions? Or just get the mash ph to around 5.3?

Ok itd be 7.7 gallons strike water. 7.9 gallons sparge water. 23 lbs of grain for a 10 gallon batch with a 12 gallon pre boil volume. 12 lbs of 2 row, 10 lbs of white wheat(3.1 L) and 1 lb of caramel 20 So i input that into bru’n water and it seems 7.7 grams of gypsum and 7.7 grams of calcium...

Ok i just got my water tested at the pool store. Its pretty much the same thing i already have but this actually came from my faucet. So basically it says calcium hardness but that isnt just straight calcium right? Its like calcium chloride right? So i put my estimated numbers in bru’n...

Wow this is a lot of good info guys thank you. Ill probably have to read this many times to understand it. Lol. So the handwritten water report there was taken from my area. They asked for my address to get the sample from the correct pipe or something. So it should be pretty accurate. I also...