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Hello all, I'm getting down to the bottom of my first batch that included any significant water adjustments. After getting a water report, I used Brun Water to calculate additions to an all Mosaic IPA (5.5 gallon) that I brewed. I've attached images of the Water Report, Grain Bill, or Water...

+1 for Maltose. I'm in Danbury and much closer to Epic, but I've been going to maltose since I started brewing about 5 years ago (before epic opened) and am pretty loyal unless I really want White Labs yeast (maltose carries mostly Wyeast and dry yeast.) Maltose has a great selection of grains...

This is a great goal! I brewed about 8 batches this year (one more tomorrow) but I spend too much money on commercial beer...my pipeline always seems to be running low. My goal is to brew a light lager (probably a pilsner) and continue working on my IPA's. Most of my brews in the past 2-3...

I'm planning a very similar brew for tomorrow as the original post (same hop schedule) but with a 50/50 mix of 2 Row and Marris Otter, 8oz crystal 20, and 4oz carapils because I like my pales ales pretty light in color (about 5 SRM.) After reading another thread, I picked up some columbus for...

I'm in the same boat as you...just starting with water adjustments. I've heard that the 5.2 stabilizer does not work as advertised and that you shouldn't use it, although I've also heard the opposite, so who knows. I'm trying to avoid it in favor of using RO water or Lactic acid to adjust mash...

Deux Amis - Lost Abbey & Dupont collaboration American Saison. Brought to share, but the in-laws aren't really beer drinkers so I drank the bottle myself. Went really good with Thanksgiving dinner.

MadKing - yeah, I'm sure I could lug some water home. I just know that the more work I have to do, the less likely I'll do it. Aren't we all trying to make the best beer for the least amount of money and effort? Well, at least that's where I'm at right now. mabrungard - thanks for the tip...

MadKing, Thanks, and I know that there are a lot of variables to balance here, so I appreciate any advice. With a new baby and barely any time (or money) to even brew, I don't see installing an RO system in my future! I know I could start with "cleaner" water, but for now I'm trying to make do...

MadKing - Yeah, agreed. Just looking through the profiles listed I did notice how high Burton is on many of the minerals, I just picked it because I've heard of it and it seemed appropriate for a bitter. Maybe not the best place to jump off, though. I usually target a water/grist ratio of...

Thanks for the quick feedback. I've attached some screenshots. The grain bill tab shows the pH before any adjustments (existing water) to be 5.35, and I've started playing around with the water adjustments tab too. I haven't touched the sparge acidifcation tab. My chloride looks too high to...

Hello all, I've been brewing all grain for a couple of years using my well water without any adjustments and finally got a water test from Ward Labs. I'm just starting to learn about water and how it affects brewing, so I'm looking for some initial help as I figure things out. Below are the...

Cool! Definitely gonna check this out

Awesome....how/where did you hear about this? It sounds like something I'd love to attend next time.

Well that's good to know, although a little disappointing that I just harvested the same yeast that I also bought! Oh well!

Planning on first dry hop this weekend. The SoS gallon will being bottled and the 1056 is getting kegged, but I'll report back once both are carbed up. Which Pliny recipe are you following?

:mug: I think you'd be hard pressed to find a better beer than Sea Hag for under $10/sixer in CT.

Thanks. If it's not Conan and something I can just buy at my homebrew shop (they carry mostly Wyeast), I wouldn't bother to harvest again. But if it 's Conan or some other proprietary strain, it might be worth it. At any rate, I'll know in about 2-3 weeks how much of a difference there is...

Hello All, I recently harvested yeast from a can of Sip of Sunshine and grew it up into enough yeast to get a pretty vigorous fermentation going on a gallon test batch (running side-by-side with 1056.) This was my first time harvesting yeast from a commercial beer, so it was more for the...

Brewing a run-of-the mill 6% IPA with all Citra (hmmm....I think Run of the Mill IPA is a pretty god name for this one...) I'm going to ferment a gallon with yeast harvested from Sip of Sunshine and the other 5 gallons with 1056. Planning on using the yeast cake to do something a little bigger...

That's encouraging...that's about what mine taste like now. I don't actually know what kind of yeast Sip of Sunshine uses, but it might be Conan. I've been making starters for at least a couple of years but I don't think I ever actually tasted it, I always just look for the visual cues that...