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Hydrometer for gravity readings. PH meter is on my short list of must haves..

Wodering if lactic acid could cause a high final gravity reading? Used some for the first time and I had a batch come out with a real high FG reading. What would normally be 1.010 for this beer came out at 1.030. The acid is the only thing I did different on brew day, and for the fermentation...

I could use one!

Local brewery is doing an interactive brew and has shared the homebrew recipe. Sweet!! I want to brew this as my first batch using RO water this weekend. Have always just used tap water at my old house and things came out pretty well. I've played with the Bru'n Water sheet some, tried the...

Poured my first glass yesterday. Pretty tasty. I forgot to add in the Carafoam. It's a bit thin becuase of that mistake maybe? I'll be sure and add it in the next time. This one had an explosive fermentation for me, using WLP001. 5 gallons of wort in my 7 gal Fermonster and I needed a blow off...

Thanks all for the replies. Kind of what i had initially thought was an R.O. system in house, then build the water to style accordingly. Thinking that's the way I'm leaning yet. Cost is a factor I suppose. But so is convenience. My old back and knees aren't necessarily fond of hauling 5 gallon...

New house. Super hard water. Finally got around to doing the Ward test. We do have a water softner, but I provided the water sample to them from a pre-softner sample. Been playing with the Palmer spread sheet and Brewer's Friend water calculator, but looking for some general advice on if this...

Couple shiny new Perls! Thanks Ritebrew, great prices, fast shipping, and customer service is excellent.

Do you use these when you are making a metal to metal connection? I bought my CO2 system used and the P.O. didn't have any of them on the metal connections (swivel nuts to the MFL valves on the manifold). I don't seem to have any gas leaks anywhere. Tank has been holding pressure just fine for...

I'm definitely sold on kegging! It solves a few problems for me. I'll figure out the process. Took me a while to make decent beer in bottles. This is a new process for me to learn.. I did do a 'closed system' transfer from carboy to keg this weekend, hoping to eliminate the oxygen variable...

I have a batch in the fermenter ready to go. For this batch I'm going to try a closed system transfer. Maybe next batch I'll try splitting between bottles and keg, that does seem like the best control.

Thanks for tips! Always learning something new with this hobby!

Guessing this question has been asked a million times. Didn't see an answer in a quick search here though. Sorry if this is redundant. Been brewing a couple of years. All grain BIAB and bottle conditioning. Made a bunch of changes at one time. In making the switch from bottling to kegging the...

Now I'm afraid to open my keezer! Thanks for the info. Never considered that about the tank being on it's side. I did plan on routing the gas line outside the keezer and keeping the tank outside. that was going to be a next step, then faucets.. I believe I may bump the timing of that step up a bit!

Plugged in my budget build keezer.

Irish Red. Marris Otter and Fuggles. Both new tastes in my Homebrew. Very drinkable.

How did the wet hop ale go?

Thanks for the welcomes. You michiganders, I'm also from the west side of the State. Holland / Grand Rapids.

Hello from Michigan. New forum member. About 2 years brewing. Making the natural progression. 1 gallon extract kits, 5 gallon extract kits. Now brewing all grain from recipes. Fun hobby! So much to learn yet.