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Been brewing for several years but just started trying to learn about water chemistry lately. I use my well water and test it with a LaMottes BrewLab test kit. Here are my latest test readings: PH: 6.7 Ca: 72 Mg: 0 Na: 46 SO4: 50 Cl: 50 HCO3: 300 I brew several different styles and...

Hey all. I've been reading all of the posts concerning BIAB and sparging, etc.. I am going to start BIAB in my Klarstein 30L all in one to improve efficiency. My plan was to use the malt tube/pipe with the screen bottom to keep my bag off of the burner so I had a bag made to the malt tube...

I tried to whirlpool in my little Klarstein all in one electric for both flavor/aroma and to form a trub cone so I could drain a cleaner wort to the fermenter. I cobbled together a torpedo tube for the pump inlet but it just plugged up too fast. In short I was unable to whirlpool or even...

I've got a corny keg finishing up for deer camp this year and I'm wondering the best way to transport it nearly 6 hours. It will go in a kegerator when it arrives for dispensing. What's the best way to haul it? Laying on the back seat where it can't roll around? Standing up and strapped in?

Hey all!! I used the Fermwrap for the first time on my small 12L Speidel with great success. I was worried because it doesn't wrap around the fermenter completely. Now I'm ready to brew and ferment in my regular 30L Speidel and again concerned because the Fermwrap will wrap around even less...

I'm fermenting my first beer in my homemade fermentation chamber (small chest freezer with Inkbird and small Lasko heater) since it's gotten cold. The chamber is in my unheated garage. I brewed an Irish Red Ale last Sunday and pitched the 1084 and settled everything into the chamber with probe...

I'm brewing a hazy/juicy NEIPA this weekend and decided it was time to learn about my water chemistry. For starters I'm going to use distilled water so I can begin with a "clean slate" so to speak. My grain bill for a 5 gallon batch consists of 5lbs of Pilsner malt, 5lbs of Maris Otter, and...

We've been using this combo for quite some time now with excellent results for APA's and IPA's. I kind of fell into it when I made a kolsch early last year using WLP029. I built an IPA recipe and pitched it on the yeast cake from the kolsch. It was awesome. When I returned for more WLP029...

Bought a mill for our homebrewing operation with intentions of controlling efficiency better. Here is a sample of first runs. Any grains not busted are at least cracked it appears. How does it look?

My brewing buddy and I are brewing our first SMASH beers tomorrow. Mine will be MO/Citra and his will be MO/Amarillo. We thought we'd split these batches into 2 fermenters each so we could try with different yeast strains.....then use the these yeast cakes for another brew in a month. I...

My brewing buddy and I are going to do our first SMASH beers this weekend and are tossing around a few recipe ideas. We will use maris otter for malt on both brews. First one I wanted to try MO/EKG with London ESB 1968 yeast. My LHBS guy suggests MO/Citra with West Yorkshire 1469. I love...

I brewed my first true lager yesterday....a pretty simple American Lager kind of aimed toward Yuengling Lager. All went well and she is happily fermenting at 55F in temp controlled fridge. Looking ahead here, I want to brew something and pitch onto this lager yeast cake after I rack off of...

Ok so I've never reused yeast before. I'm on about my 5th or 6th all grain batch and I want to continue trying new things. This weekend we'll be bottling a couple of different 5 gallon brews. One being a Kolsch. The other is a brown ale. I'd like to try pitching the wort of the...

I brewed my 5th all grain batch today and I'm starting to see some consistency in my process and efficiency. One thing I'd like to accomplish now is to figure out how to get more wort from my kettle to the fermenter. I'm losing about a half gallon of wort because I don't want to suck any...

So I'm brewing two different 5 gallon AG batches this weekend. Today we'll brew a brown ale recipe I found called Naughty Brewnette....sounds fun huh? Well I'm going to pitch Wyeast 1968 in this one. Wyeast states temp range of 64F to 72F. Tomorrow's brew will be a Kolsch recipe using...

We're going to give this a shot tomorrow. I was originally going to pitch Wyeast 1098 but LHBS didn't have it so settle for US-04. Well I visited the other LHBS and he strongly suggested pitching Wyeast 1968 so I bought a smack pack. 9 lbs Pale Ale Malt (2 row) UK 1 lb Caramel/Crystal...

I'll be bottling my California Common A this weekend and want a little more carbonation than I've had with my last few beers. I've been using various online calculators and using the prescribed dose of corn sugar. This beer calls for co2 volume of 2.6. This is what my cream ales called...

I made my first ever mead, JAOM, right after Christmas. The recipe was followed exactly, but I decided to let the orange slices fall to the bottom before bottling it. The fruit went down about a week ago so I bottled it over the weekend. I used beer bottles because it's what I have and...

My first all grain brew (California Common) has been in primary for two weeks. Fairly vigorous air lock activity was present for around 8 days using 34/70 yeast and fermenting at 55F in my basement. I will not be lagering but keeping it at this temp in the basement. The NB recipe says to move...

I'll be brewing my first AG this weekend. It'll either be a SA Boston Lager clone or a simple California Common.....haven't decided yet and it might come down to what LHBS has available for ingredients. I have my 10 gallon Igloo round beverage cooler and LHBS is going to help me convert it...