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United Water Toms River posted their quality report recently -- Chlorine ppm 0.47 Alkalinity ppm 53 Aluminum ppb 76 Chloride ppm 12 Corrosivity 0.7 Color CU 1 Hardness (as CaCO3) ppm 54 Iron ppb 75 Manganese ppb 30 Odor TON 0.05 pH 7.7 Sodium ppm 12 Sulfate ppm 8 TDS ppm 82 Two...

Target sells a 2gal Igloo water cooler for $12. I am going use BIAB and the cooler as a mash tun for 1-2.5 gallon batches. Northern brewer also sells cute little 2 gallon buckets for ferm chambers, $15 with lid IIRC. I use a 3 gallon BetterBottle for 2-2.5 gallon batches, and 1 gallon glass wine...

Good advice. I'm picking some up for Brandon O's Graff and starters. I'll get some extra.

Cool, thanks guys! I was to focus on the hops, but keep it relatively simple. Also I hear Apollo described as 'dank'? Anyway, I think I will change the hop schedule to: 0.5oz Summit @ FWH, 27 IBU 0.5oz Summit @ 30m, 19 IBU 1oz Cascade @ 15m, 9 IBU 1oz Summit @ 15m, 24 IBU 1oz Cascase & Summit at...

I want to make a tasty IPA as my first all-grain brew. I have a 10-gal round Igloo cooler, which I am in the process of converting to a mash tun with the steel braid. I will be acquiring an 8-12 gallon kettle soon. In the meantime, I play with Beersmith. So what do you all think? Type: All...

Not when it comes to making beer! I know almost nothing! :mug:

I had the same freak-out when I first stuck my 5lb tank in the fridge. But it's a simple calculation- 5 lb of CO2 = 52 moles, Volume ~ 0.2 ft3, Temp1 = 75F, temp2 = 37F. If we use van der Waals gas for CO2's equation of state, P1 = 950 PSI, P2 = 565 PSI. Nothing to worry about!

Did you move the tank from room temp to the fridge? Lowering the temp will significantly drop the pressure in the tank.

You can certainly dry hop in a primary. I would wait for active fermentation to slow way down, basically wait until you see infrequent bubbles in the airlock (maybe 5-7 days from pitching). As for amount, I would stay under a quarter of an ounce, but that's just me!

Nice find, thanks!

+1 for StarSan and keeping a handy spray bottle of StarSan/distilled water around. Interesting related story- To date my best brew was racked on top of 5x over-concentrated foam of StarSan. (Read the directions too quickly and mixed 1oz/1gallon, should have realized when it foamed like CRAZY)...

The adjunct definitely adds gravity; it's sweet, probably an invert sugar syrup. I'll ask next time I'm at the shop, for curiosity's sake. The more I think about it, the more it's probably poor mixing. One jug of spring water partial froze, so bits of ice where probably melting near the top...

Ah, that definitely could be it. I added ~2 gallons of cold water to ~3 gal of wort at 75F. I typically don't stir the fermentor and my other measures where in line with expected values. That won't hurt the fermentation right? I assume the yeasties will eat their way through a malt gradient.

Sorry for the delay, still figuring out how the boards work. This brew was a smash! It's called "New House Pale Ale" and brewed for a house warming. We drank about 2/3 of the keg! It's nice that my first recipe worked out. Once chilled and carbed, the malt and hops where much more balanced...

Hello everyone, I'm relatively new to the homebrewing world, with about 7 brews of varying quality completed. I got all the basics, and my last (a homemade recipe extract Pale Ale) came out superb. Last night I brewed an extract kit that some buddies recommended, 1# 40L Crystal 0.5# US 2-row...

I recently did something similar for my first homemade recipe (an extract Pale Ale): 1oz Citra @ 60min 1oz Cascade @ 20min 0.5oz Cascade, 0.5oz Saaz @ 10min I did this mostly to use up extra hops, and it worked out great! Might be the best beer I brewed yet. My FG was 1.013, so it's got a...