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Anyone know of a Canadian equivalent to the “good belly” probiotic drinks that are available in the us? I can’t easily get the lacto blends to pitch for kettle souring and was looking for an alternative. I know you can pitch a handful of grain into the wort but I’d rather not go that route. TIA.

Anyone else noticing that the foundry is getting to a boil before the display hits 212? I recently hooked up my 240v connection and thought I would run it up full of water to make sure all is good and see what the boil was like. That sucker was a full on violent boil and the display was at about...

oh nice, I’m in Canada and it doesn’t ship to me but at least I know the “specs” that helps a lot thanks.

Hey does anyone know what size of quick disconnect I would need for the valve? Wanting to upgrade but I’m not sure what to measure. Is it a 1/2” female for the foundry side? Also want to add a valve for flow control instead of this clamp thing that sucks. Anyone find a decent one on Amazon or...

I believe the instructions are a very basic “beginners guide” to getting started, I wouldn’t expect it to be super accurate. I’ve only gotten one brew in on this unit but I used beersmith and all the numbers were bang on. It’s worth taking the time to set up a profile for some good brewing...

Are you guys whirlpooling with this system? Did my first brew on the unit the other day and tried a whirlpool, let it sit for about 15-20 then put my immersion chiller in then pumped into my carboy but it was a lot of trub coming through. I use muslin bag for my hops to try and eliminate that...

Has anyone ran boiling wort through the anvil pump? Can it handle it? Just wondering if I need to disconnect and run a clean through it before transferring to fermenter or just run some hot wort through.

this turned out great btw.. just a few pints left in the keg..

Brewed a milk stout a couple weeks ago, checked the gravity and it seems to have stopped at 1.022, og was 1.048. It's only 3.4abv, pretty sad beer. It tastes good but I would like a little more abv. I'm gonna rack to secondary and raise the temp a few degrees maybe it will ferment a bit more...

Makes sense, I'm a fan of the malt flavour from the Munich though.. Plus I already ran it through the mill so too late.. Haha. We'll see, I think it will turn out all right. Thanks for the input guys.

Thanks for the input. I've done a bunch of smash beers so I'm looking to move on from that a bit. I think I'll try something along these lines 7# Pilsner 4# Munich .5# carafoam .5# crystal 75 1oz glacier 60min .5 cascade 30min .5 citra 15min .5 citra flame out Fairly simple pale ale, what do u...

So I have a bunch of ingredients.. Trying to decide what to make. Here's what I have. Wheat malt (lots) Pilsner malt (lots) Munich 10 (lots) Crystal 75 .5lb Carapils .5 lb Roasted barley .5lb Cascade 1oz Citra 1oz Glacier 1oz Safale 05 Only put together a few recipes, since I only have ale...

So im going to attempt growing some hops this year, i dont have the option of planting in the ground. ive read that guys can have success in pots. Any advise on this and whats a good size for the planters, i was thinking 2x2 x3 ft deep.

hey all... Im trying to put together recipe for a Winter Ale. Its quite similar to a local beer i quite enjoy. Heres what i have on the beer.. only problem is im not sure how much of each ingredient and when to add hops and so on.. Malts: Pale, Dark Munich, Crystal (40 or 60?) Hops: Perle...

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hey all... Im trying to put together recipe for a Winter Ale. Its quite similar to a local beer i quite enjoy. Heres what i have on the beer.. only problem is im not sure how much of each ingredient and when to add hops and so on.. Malts: Pale, Dark Munich, Crystal (40 or 60?) Hops: Perle...

I go by this, seems to work quite well. http://beersmith.com/blog/2011/07/14/keg-line-length-balancing-the-science-of-draft-beer/

Hey guys i got a water report for my area, i don't know much about how to read it, does the water look ok for general brewing? hopefully the attachment is readable..

I'm in the same boat right now. I have a water softener at home and I'm convinced that's the problem, it's a salty bitter taste in every batch, super frustrating. I just did a batch with 50/50 ro and unsoftened water so I'm hoping it comes out better. Let us know if ya nail it.

Ya the water tastes fine it does leave a lot of the typical hard water stains on dishes and clogs up the taps. At least before the softener was installed. Maybe I'll do a batch with it and see how it turns out.