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Residual Alkalinity, how low is too low? When I try and get into the ~5.4 pH range with pale beers my residual alkalinity is driven way down. I've read most of the guide lines but having trouble figuring out if RA as low as 300 is problematic? Thanks!

I brewed an Galaxy/Pacifica IPA last night and ended up with 55% efficiency (BIAB) and this 80 IBU will only come in at an estimated 5.2%. I've did enough reading on this after the brew and it could have also been a miscalculation on my part, either way I will be troubleshooting this later...

I brewed a batch this weekend not thinking I'm leaving for vacation on the 12th. I won't be returning from vacation until the 19th and really need to dry hop this beer. How long can I keep this in primary on the yeast? This is a very hoppy pale ale. With my plans to dry hop this and cold crash...

Hey, Just got my first kegging setup - was setting **** up (didn't really know what I was doing) and turned on my CO2 with the regulator cranked. It made some weird spitting noises and now the gauge reads 12 PSI after removing it from the CO2 tank. What have I done? Did I ruin the...

Just tried to wire up my first STC-1000 and as soon as I plugged it in she ****ing fried. This is the wiring diagram I used: Not really sure where I could have went wrong - the diagram is pretty simple. I double checked everything 10 times before plugging it in and after it fried...

So this is the first time I've put my own recipe together in BeerSmith. Was hoping a few people could take a look and let me know what they think. I was looking for citrus/pine flavor/aroma with a subtle malt backbone to back up the bitterness. I'm not sure if the hop schedule is all over the...

Hello! I've got 4 extract kits under my belt but AG/BIAB is completely new to me. I found recipe and plugged it into BeerSmith (first time using) and converted it from a 5.25 Gal batch to 3.5 as this is all my brew pot could handle once I consider boil off, etc. I'm looking to start...

I just put up two 1 gallon batches of hard cider. I used plain apple juice and added some brown sugar to get the OG up, around 1.060. I went to the local brew shop and got two different types of yeast, Lalvin EC-1118 (5G) and Coopers brewing yeast (7G). I assumed that these were for full...

This is my first post here as I just started getting into home brew. I've got the majority of my supplies but still need a brew pot. I currently live in an apartment building and don't think that I'll be able to get a hard boil on my small electric stove. I do have a balcony in my building...