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  1. Matteo57

    Which is the more accurate water calculator? AI or Brewers friend?

    Looking to do a scotch ale and wanted to shoot for the following water chemistry: • Calcium (Ca): 60 ppm • Magnesium (Mg): 10 ppm • Sodium (Na): 20 ppm • Chloride (Cl): 85 ppm • Sulfate (SO4): 35 ppm • Bicarbonate (HCO3): 150 ppm adding my information into AI and also brewers...
  2. Matteo57

    Best temp for Imperial A38 JUICE for Hazy IPA?

    Hi All, What is the best temp fermentation schedule for Imperial A38 Juice strain? Thank you!
  3. Matteo57

    Firestone Sucaba / Abacus Clone Recipe?

    Hi All, I couldn't really find any good Firestone Sucaba clone recipes out there, so wanted to bump a bit and see if I could find anyone who's brewed something close and give some insight into my recipe. Thank you in advance. Est. OG 1.110 Est. FG 1.028~ IBUs: 30 SRM: 40 Boil Time 120m English...
  4. Matteo57

    Barleywine Recipe - Tweaks and suggestions?

    Looking at doing this recipe, can you give any suggestions/tweaks? American Barleywine 2-Row Pale Malt – 83% Munich Malt – 9% Caramel/Crystal 60L - 5% Biscuit Malt – 3% OG: 1.120 IBU: 82 Boil Time: 120 minutes Magnum FWH - 42.5 IBUS Centennial - 30m - 22 IBUs Simcoe - 15m - 10 IBUs Amarillo...
  5. Matteo57

    SS Brewtech Unitank 1.0 - My temperature controller is going out.... questions

    I have a unitank 7g v.1 and my temp controller is going out but it's like $250 for the new one and I have to get a new heater for it also as the plugs aren't the same. Anyone have a good suggestion for a heater for a conical like that? I'd rather just get a $30 temp controller on amazon, hook...
  6. Matteo57

    Bottle Logic - Darkstar November Clone?

    Anyone have a clone of Darkstar November, or something like it? Looking for thoughts and ideas to try and brew something along those lines. Thanks for any input anyone has or recipes.
  7. Matteo57

    Eclipse Hop - Options?

    I picked up some eclipse to mess around with and noticed I didn't see many posts in regards to it. I'm throwing around the idea of doing a czech pils with eclipse and rakau or Mosaic (for a bit of that pine) possibly around 30-40 IBUs. maybe small addition of mosaic first wort hopping, then a...
  8. Matteo57

    Best Hop Dropper for the price for SS Unitank

    I am looking for a 3" hop dropper type piece for my 7g unitank, is there a better option for cheaper than the one listed below? I looked around and didn't see much but figured I'd ask on here. Also, besides being able to see the hops, is there any reason to buy the option with glass vs...
  9. Matteo57

    Think it's still viable?

    I have a wyeast Brett C. packet from 4/15. It's been sitting in my fridge, i forgot about it. Any thoughts if it's still viable at all or think all cells are dead by now? Thanks all!
  10. Matteo57

    Low ABV IPA-ish style beer - Thoughts?

    I'm working on a low alcohol beer, something kinda like Bells low cal, or a low alc. IPA/pale type beer. This is what I'm thinking of, let me know your thoughts. Trying to make sure the body is decently full considering the lighter abv and IBUs are balanced so not overly bitter and has good...
  11. Matteo57

    Using Maple Syrup in a beer

    Hi there, I have been scouring info on different ways to put maple syrup in a beer to get some flavor and aromatics from it. I plan on doing it in secondary, maybe even try and bottle condition a keg with it or something. What i'm struggling with is how much to use, I've thought about 8-12oz...
  12. Matteo57

    How long for Butyric Acid to show itself?

    Hi there, How long does Butyric acid usually take to get to the threshold for most people to be able to smell and taste it? I have a Solera barrel going of sour beer in a 60g oak barrel. I brewed some beer and used us.05 to ferment it and then was going to transfer into the barrel after...
  13. Matteo57

    Should I be ok? Chiller crap inside question

    So I ran hot PBW through my chiller before brewing for 20 minutes and then before finishing the boil, I ran boiling hot work through the chiller for about 10-15 minutes. Chilled worth down and everything just fine. After I ran more pbw through and was cleaning up and noticed stuff coming out the...
  14. Matteo57

    How late can I add O2 to a BIG beer?

    Hi there! I brewed a BIG IRS yesterday with OG at 1.134. I dosed it with a little over a minute with pure o2 with o2 tank and stone and was wondering if I could/If i SHOULD do so again today? I wouldn't be able to do so until about 24ish hour after yeast pitched. I used 3 packets of Safale...
  15. Matteo57

    Water Question - RO Water/tap Water

    If you send in a water sample to white labs (or another lab) to get your water chemistry info so you know what you are dealing with, does it matter if you use RO water or not to build your water profile up? I was told that you could build a better water profile from half RO water and half tap...
  16. Matteo57

    Adding dregs to BMC to sour them up?

    Anyone ever try this? Figured it was low IBUs and low abv, not much base beer though... i'm sure people have tried this before. Anyone's thoughts on this? How it has/would turn out?
  17. Matteo57

    How cool could I keep my unplugged chest freezer?

    Hi! I have a chest freezer that went out on me, it's dead. I was thinking about selling it and trying to get a few bucks off of it but then thought of something else. How cool do you all think I could keep my chest freezer if I had a CPU fan or two blowing in it with 1-2 two liter bottles of...
  18. Matteo57

    wlp 655 any good solo?

    Hi all, I pitched a vial of 655 early last month into a lambic type wort but I am wondering how complex it really will be by itself? Should I pitch some additional bugs or bottle dregs into it or will it turn out decent by itself? Anyone let it go by itself and have comments/feedback on it? Thanks!
  19. Matteo57

    How big of a starter to pitch of wlp099 to finish fermenting

    I did a BIG RIS which pooped out too early (around 1.050 and was hoping for around 1.030ish). I purchased a vial of the super high gravity yeast (wlp099) and want to grow up a starter and pitch at high krausen. Will a 1L starter with some yeast nutrient be good enough or should I do more...
  20. Matteo57

    How big of a temperature swing will induce oxygen into S airlocks?

    So I have some long term aging/souring beers going, and most have S Style Airlocks on them. Most of them are kept fairly stable temperatures, but I know that the S style will allow oxygen into the beer if the temperature swings are pretty high up and down. I'm sure people have measured this...
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