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I've been brewing for a couple of years now, all-grain for about a year. I used to buy bottled water, but recently added a .5 micron carbon filter set up to my rig so I can use tap water. I live in Austin, TX and the here's the water profile according to the city: Ca - 12 ppm Mg 15 ppm Na...

Hey everyone, I'm going to be making a American Pale Ale this weekend and wanted to get some feedback on the hop schedule. I'm looking to make something that will have a nice hop flavor, decent malt background and will be very drinkable. Here's what I've got: Batch size: 5.25 Gallon 5 lb...

Hey Everyone! I'm going on my 10th all grain batch or so and I can't seem to hit efficiency levels higher than 65% to 66%. I've adjusted multiple things over the batches and none have seemed to make a difference. Here's what I'm doing: 3-tier brew system all gravity fed with a 10 gallon...

I just recently began using starters and today I pitched my whole starter into my wort instead of decanting the starter beer first. I'm concerned that the starter beer is going to negatively affect the flavor of the beer I made which is a spiced amber holiday ale. I used a 1600 ml starter made...

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Hey everyone! I just built a new 3 tier set up and am installing a ball valve on my brew pot. Here's some background: -Brew pot = 15 gallon Super pot -I use an immersion chiller -I usually whirlpool and siphon from the side -I use pellet hops and dump them directly into the wort...

Hi All! I live in Austin, TX and have had a lot of trouble getting my wort to cool quickly for my last couple of batches. One was an IPA, the other was a Belgian Wit. I use an immersion chiller with a pre-chiller that I put in a small cooler with Ice and some water. The chillers seem to...

Hey Guys! I've been brewing for about a year and a half now and moved to all grain a couple of months ago. On my last batch, I had some temperature issues due to the ridiculously hot TX weather. Once I cool my wort and pitch my yeast, I usually let it sit at room temp (about 75 degrees)...