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  1. cacm2226

    Water treatments for sparge and mash water

    Hello to all, Planning on a brew session and will be treating my water. My question or dilemma is, I EHERMs brew with a 20 gallon HLT. The brew recipe has me treating the mash and sparge waters separately which is fine, except when it comes to fly sparging I will be drawing water from the HLT...
  2. cacm2226

    Need a good water profile for a blonde beer medium body

    Hey all, I'm looking for a good profile for a medium body blonde ale. I was going to use the yellow beer medium body in beer smith 3 but it's showing a pH of 8........ does that even sound right? I'd would rather use a good one that has a pH that sounds correct. Chris
  3. cacm2226

    First cleaning of boil in a basket

    I just received my custom boil in a basket from Utah bio diesel. It needs to be cleaned and sanitized. What is the best process for this? Thanks in advance. Chris
  4. cacm2226

    where to find affordable 20 gall tall kettle

    Hello all, I'm looking to change my SS 15 gal HLT to a SS 20 gal HLT without having to spend in excess of $220. Anyone know of a brand or manufacturer that fits the bill. It doesn't have to have any of the holes pre-drilled and prefer that its height is greater than its width in order to keep...
  5. cacm2226

    Another E H.E.R.M.S build complete

    Ive been meaning to post my build and story for awhile now, but after some final tweaks and requests from brew buddies, Ive finally arrived to posting such. My build is not unique and is similar to many that have been posted before me. But I figured my posting may benefit those who are...
  6. cacm2226

    stained SS chronical.

    I fermented my first beer with my SS Chronical and the krausen left a very difficult krausen stain to remove. Ive fermented with glass carboys for the past 2 years and never observed the krausen form a black edge at the top of the krausen line or a pink hue in to it as it did in the SS...
  7. cacm2226

    How to recognize infection post kegging

    Synopsis: Fermented a beer first time in stainless steel Chronical. After kegging, I noticed the krausen had a blackness to the top edge of the krausen line as well a pink hue to a portion of the krausen on the wall of the kettle. Infection? The beer appeared normal and taste was typical...
  8. cacm2226

    First brew on my HERMS system, issues of concern

    Hello to all, Wanted to post my first HERMS brew experience in order to trouble shoot some issues and de-stress. I have been brewing for over 3 years and made the move to an electric HERMS 10 gallon system, electric control panel, 15 gallon HLT and BK, 16 gallon Mash Tun, counter flow...
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