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100% RO. My well water smells like rotten eggs going onto the filter, tastes like pure chalk coming out of the filter, and only goes into my beer when the hose going to the IC leaks.

Assuming you are using this to heat strike/sparge water you shouldn't be cycling that frequently. That unit has a minimum 0.5C hysteresis on it. Assuming you have at least 4 gallons in the pot it will take a few minutes for the water to cool that much. If you were concerned about it you could...

At my old house I had nasty well water. I found shocking the well with chlorine was effective but the results were short lived. Fortunately we were able to switch to city water. We've since moved into a new house with an occasionally offensive well. I recently installed a triple 4x20 system...

Also search this thread for "DIY Beer line cleaner". A few parts from the hardware store and one part from your LHBS and you can clean your lines and conserve CO2. I also use it to clean the dip tube in my kegs.

How is it that everyone has missed Kill Bill Vol.2. In my opinion the first one wasn't that great and the second one was one of the best movies ever made. I also think Smokey and he Bandit was one of the best movies ever made so take that with a grain of salt (but it was and all smokey...

Search on eBay aquarium temperature controller. You'll find more than you ever wanted to know about controlling refrigerator temps. Johnson Controls also makes a popular controller.

To make a yeast started you want to get some DME, boil with enough water to yield a 1.036 to 1.040 OG wort, cool and pitch. To know how much water and DME you need go to mrmalty.com or yeastcalc.com and follow the directions there.

I use an Ale Pail to collect my wort out of the MLT. It is a huge gut check every time I do. The plastic becomes very soft and I'm always concerned about a catastrophic failure. Assume the wort is at about 160F after sparging. I wouldn't attempt another 50 degrees unless I was somewhere the...

I have a batch of beer that I needed to keg today so it would be ready to drink by a certain day. I had intended to wash the yeast but didn't get a chance to prepare. There is still a good 1/2" layer of beer on top of the yeast cake and it is sealed up with a cover and airlock. Would it be...

Not sure what is the recommended range, but from experience it is better to under-carb an ESB than over-carb. The carbonation tends to obscure the malty goodness. At the time I couldn't figure out why my final hydrometer sample tasted like a loaf of freshly baked bread but the final product...

It was mentioned briefly in a few posts, but your water is probably the most important part of your beer. When using extract the minerals from the water used to make the extract are highly concentrated. When you use tap water, you are effectively adding more minerals to your water. Assuming the...

The base malt (2-row) were recently bought in bulk, so at least 11 lbs of a 13 lb grain bill all came from the same bag. The other malts were munich and crystal 60 at a pound each purchased at different times. I wouldn't think at that volumes those would be the culprit.

Thanks, Hadn't really planned on brewing again today, but since everything was still set up and my starter was ready I went for it. I again came in higher than ezwater predicted, but this time I added half the lactic acid it said to which turned out just right (5.5pH). To that end...

1) How long should I wait after making a mash pH adjustment before I measure again, assuming a good stir after adjustments have been made? 2) In the event of an overshoot of said adjustment, should I try to bring it back the other way or is the prospect f having to re-correct the other...

With regards to my water, I'm on a well, and itfit weren't for a series of recently installed filters the water often smells bad. I makes you not want to brush your teeth with it, never mind brew beer with it. Filtered and softened it tastes okay, but if I draw a sample before the softener it...

Hi- So I'm on my 4th AG batch and I've been pretty lucky with hitting pretty close to my numbers etc... to date, so armed with a few efficiencies I've picked up along the way this batch was going to be spot on! Not so much! I think I've figured out most of what went wrong, what I'm hoping...

Can't help with the recipe but Seven Monks in TC has it on tap as of last weekend. Had a pint, good stuff.

Oh yeah, 60 minute boil on the Bittering addition.

I've brewed a few ESBs now an have figured out where I prefer my bitterness level to end up. I've also read dozens of recipes to get a feel for the style. To hit my IBUs I have narrowed down my bittering addition to either 1 oz of Target or 2 oz East Kent Goldings. I'll be adding 2 more...

Too many homebrews? (most likely) After being away from homebrewing for a number of years (14?) I've recently picking up the hobby again. The main enabler was moving into a larger house and therefore pulling my equipment out of storage. Prior to being able to brew I spent months reading and...