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This was my first time brewing, a dark beer with reverse osmosis water using bru’n water and my pH 10 minutes into the mash at 70° was 5.7. I was shooting for 5.55. Just wondering if this is going to make a big effect on taste? Any opinions? Also, when I added my Brewing minerals, my strike...

I’ve been using bru’n successfully for years, but have recently started doing much lighter beers. Like a recent helles, and Pilsner. I’ve realize that when my SRM is under five, my pH seems to be way off. I’ve done other beers in between like IPAs and Marzens and the pH is very close to...

For many years, I have been using a 1/5HP thermoplastic submersible pump I got at Home Depot to run my CIP ball in my 5 gallon stainless steel fermenter. It’s getting old and a little corroded and I’m wondering if there’s a better solution nowadays rather than just buying another all purpose...

This is my first time dry hopping in my Conical. I’m dry hopping cold at about 40°. I dropped the hops in with a hop dropper purging the hop dropper with CO2 multiple times before dropping them in. At first a decent amount of hops settled to the bottom and I could see them in the bottom site...

This will be my first time dry hopping in my conical fermenter. and would like some advice. I have dropped out all of the yeast from the dump port already. I was planning on dumping the pellet in from the hop dropper straight into the beer with the beer already around 40°. I wanted to leave the...

I haven’t opened my kegerator in months and when I just opened it to take out some empty kegs to clean them, there was this Kind of powdery white residue on a lot of the surfaces, including the tubing in my ball locks. When I wipe it off, it looks a little reddish on the paper towel. Wondering...

I’ve had my RO filter for a couple years now and I’ve been Brewing with RO Water happily. I’m just wondering what TDS meter reading should prompt me to change my filters? It’s reading 16 right now which isn’t bad but I think it was around nine when I first installed the system. When do you all...

Just wondering what other people do. I whirlpool after flame out either for whirlpool hopping, or during cooling with my immersion chiller. I have always just ran boiling wort through the pump and whirlpool arm the last 10 minutes of the boil, but it’s a pain because of cavitation because of...

Need a little help. I’ve been using Bru’n water for my last four batches after I got an RO water set up in my house. This is my first one doing a darker beer. The water profile I’m shooting for is kind of like a balanced amber, but with a little higher chloride than sulfate as follows...

Getting ready to do my first Schwarzbier and formulating the recipe. Just wondering what percent dark malt most people use in this type of recipe? In general I use a little less than 10% dark malt for stouts and porters but this style is new to me. Thanks for the help.

I am In the middle of my second brew day actually trying water chemistry. Bru’n water works perfectly for my very alkaline water with adjustments on my first try which was a porter. Today I’m brewing an IPA and was shooting for 5.38, but pH just came back 5.17? Major problem? Thanks.

So I made the mistake of soaking all of my small stainless steel parts of my conical and PBW for like three or four days. I was Just about to rinse them to let them dry but now there’s a white residue on many of the pieces that haven’t come off with scrubbing and soaking. I’ve taken a look...

Just bought one of these but haven’t used it yet. I got the 1.5 tri-clamp size. Just wondering if anyone has used this and their opinion of it and tips? There’s a YouTube review on it as well as Brulosophy review but just wondering if anyone else has played with it.? Thanks.

How many of you all take great lengths keeping your brew kettle super clean. I usually do but after brew day yesterday, I didn’t do a great job. Just thinking it’s hot side so what does it really matter?

I’m trying to RDWHAHB, but this is kind of weird to me so I thought I would ask the question. This is my first time after 15 years of Brewing getting into water chemistry And using my tapwater instead of store-bought spring water since I got a new water filter at my home.. Got a Ward labs...

Thinking of doing a equal parts Chinook, Columbus, Strata IPA? Magnum 60 min, then equal parts Chinook, Columbus, Strata at 15min, 7min, whirlpool, and DryHop. Opinions?

Just wondering how often you all take apart your sight glass and completely clean it? After every brew? Or just leave it together and clean it and take it apart occasionally?

I now have a conical fermenter and I’m trying to figure out the best way to dry hop in the conical without clogging the racking arm. I plan on dropping the pellets directly into the conical without a bag or container and then pressure transferring. For those of you who do this, what is your...

Is black IPA a thing of the past now? I actually really enjoy brewing and drinking them but I don’t see them commercially anymore (Great thing about being a homebrewer I guess is that we can brew things that aren’t out there anymore. ). Have they fallen completely out of favor? Unless you live...

Anyone have an opinion on the Best counter pressure bottle filler to fill bottles from a keg?