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Hello everyone I'm concerned with my new practice of using Sodium metabisulfite for removing chlorine from my sanitizer mix with Iodophor. I'm trying to meassure the campden amount very accurately but sometimes I just make a very small sanitizing solution so I add a very small pinch of the...

Hi everyone, I've been reading a lot about water chemistry and I'm interested in making some slight adjustments to my water (RO) since I found I have very low mineral content. So, I started using Brewer's Friend water calculator and first, though I noticed some calculations to be off. The ppm...

I finally got my hands on some whitelabs yeast where I live, but I'd like to save some time and $ by not having to purchase every single strain and experiment with my recipes so I come here with the wise brewers of the forum for some advise. I'm looking for a LIQUID yeast that gives a nice...

Hello everyone! I've been brewing for a bit longer than a year with some good results. I've brewed APAs, IPAs, plenty of stouts, porters and some homebrewing experiments. Where I live (Mexico city), our selection of yeasts is pretty limited in regards to liquid vs dry yeast. I have almost...

Hello everyone! I have a chocolate stout that I've brewed twice with some good results but yesterday it was evaluated by a BJCP judge from my city and the tip I was given was to increase the body to which I agreed, since I tasted it at the same time and it felt kinda watery for a stout. Now I...

Hello everyone! Let me introduce my dilemma recently. For the past couple of months I've been brewing in the kitchen and fermenting on plastic buckets and now glass carboys all in swamp coolers with ice and a pump that runs cold water throughout the day. Now I've built a small brewroom (7x3.5...

Hi everyone! I'm coming here because I've tried cleaning the hell out of everything but I'm still getting contaminations. The most frustrating thing is that I'm getting them across my 3 buckets (Fermentors) after primary. I get this weird bitterness every time and it hides the malty flavor...

Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum, I have some experience if I could say so myself brewing. I have about 8 batches (5 gallon) out of which 7 are all - grain. I've been adjusting a few things throughout my learning process and so far so good really, no contaminations so far and good beer...

Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum, I have some experience if I could say so myself brewing. I have about 8 batches (5 gallon) out of which 7 are all - grain. I've been adjusting a few things throughout my learning process and so far so good really, no contaminations so far and good beer...