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I'm getting ready to brew my first AG batch. I'm using Bru'N water to calculate my water chemistry. I thought I had it pretty well figured out until I tested the pH of my R/O water. It registered as 4.8. My first question is, does that sound probable? Second, when I was familarizing myself...

I've brewing a while now. I have close to 2 dozen batches under my belt. I get plenty of compliments on my brews but unless it's a dark beer (porter, stout) the are all the same basic color, I'd say in the low 20s on the HCU scale. What am I doing wrong? How do I get lighter color beer? I'm...

I've brewed a few batches (3 dozen or so) and am pretty good with partial mashing. I've done 4 or 5 different stouts, a basic, an oatmeal, a toffee, all turned out great but the girlfriend wants me to try a porter. No problem except she wants me to try and do a brandy porter like a local...

Hello my beer brethren! I've been brewing a few years now. I have a couple dozen batches under my belt (IMO I'm 22-2 :D). I've enjoyed extract brewing but have finally moved to a place where I can actually store enough equipment to start playing with partial and all grain brewing! Since...

Can someone confirm for me? I've recently moved. We get bottled R/O water delivered to our new house which I used for my last two batches (Cream Ale and Irish Red Ale). Everything seemed to go fine with the boils but when I got them into the carboys the fermentation took longer to kick in and...