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I just finished my first keezer build and could not be happier with the results. Took way longer and cost more than initially intended, but it's exactly what I wanted! Can't wait to start pouring!

I am brewing a Hefeweizen for an upcoming wedding and created a 1L yeast starter using Omega OLY-021. I'm using a 2.5L flask on a stir plate with loose sanitized foil on top. When I got home from work, I noticed there was some slight blow off and some brown specs on the interior glass of my...

Yesterday I brewed my 7th batch of beer and it did not go well. I attempted to brew Yooper's Oatmeal Stout via the BIAB method. I crushed the grains to .030 and mashed for about 1 hour and 15 min. at 156 in 4.5 gallons of water in an insulated 15 gallon kettle. I added 1.4g of gypsum, 1.4g of...

I am going to be brewing Yooper's Oatmeal Stout this weekend. I will be using the BIAB method with a 60 min mash at 156. Using RO water with 4.5 gallons for the mash and 3.5 gallons for a dunk sparge. I have been playing around in Brew'n Water and wondering if the following additions look...

I am preparing for my first BIAB batch and was hoping for some input. I provided the recipe below, it is Biermuncher's Centennial Blonde. I will be mashing and dunk sparking with RO water. I am using Brew'n Water with the "Yellow Full" water profile as my target. Based on Brew'n Water, if i add...

I recently posted about brewing a 5 gallon BIAB batch of Biermuncher's centenial blonde. I was curious about mash additions, but the responses consisted of tweaks I should make to the recepie such as dropping the carapils and moving hop additions around. My question is how many people have...

I am preparing for my first BIAB batch and was hoping for some input. I provided the recipe below. I will be mashing and dunk sparking with RO water. I am using Brew'n Water with the "Yellow Full" water profile as my target. Based on Brew'n Water, if i add 0.5 grams/gallon of calcium chloride...

Hello All, I am going on my 6th batch of home brew and I think I'm going to give all grain brewing a shot via the brew in a bag method. I came across BierMuncher's Centennial Blonde recipe and thought it would be a good candidate for this brew. I have included the recipe below. I got my tap...

I am planning a 5 gallon Zombie Dust clone partial mash (recipe below) and am a bit confused by the alkalinity of my water. I got my ward labs results back (also below) and have been playing around with it in Bru'n Water. I understand that my alkalinity is high in my source water. I figured...

I'm just starting to get into the chemistry of my brewing water. I received my Ward Labs report today. What do you guys think? pH 7.5 Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 370 Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.62 Cations / Anions, me/L / 6.7 7.0 ppm Sodium, Na 11 Potassium, K 3...

I moved to Tennessee about 3 months ago and ended up living 45min east of Knoxville. Any brewers in this area? I'm about to make the switch over to all grain brewing and was wondering how the water quality is. I just sent in a sample to Ward Labs but am curious if anyone has had success in this...

I just bottled 5 gallons of hefeweizen yesterday. Fermented for 15 days at around 68 degrees. I used an online priming sugar calculator to calculate how much I needed. I ended up going with 6.3 oz of corn sugar to bring 5 gallons to a co2 volume of 3.3. Looking back, I'm thinking this may have...