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I have been brewing with RO water for years. I usually use the built in water tool in Beersmith and have been happy with it. My pH is almost always dead on and the beers are great. I just ordered and replaced the filters in my 5 stage RO system. I bought a set from Membrane Solutions out of...

I know this is an old question, but I am asking again anyway. Tomorrow, I am making an American Pilsner Lager. I am planning on using even parts of 5 lbs - 6 row 5 lbs - 2 row 1.5 lbs - corn grits 1.5 lbs - white rice. .75 oz Norther Brewer @ 60 min .4 oz Saaz @ 0 min Weihenstephan strain...

I have a 5.5 gallon batch of an American stout with an OG that started at 1.064 (the exact BeerSmith estimate). It has stalled at 1.030. The expected final gravity from BeerSmith is 1.016. I mashed at about 155-156f. During the mash out I realized that I didn't mash the flaked oats, I lowered...

I am in the middle of brewing a American Stout. I just finished my mash out and was getting ready to pull the grain bag. I looked over at my counter and saw that I had left out the flaked oats. I wanted them in to add body and add some head retention. Knowing that the mash out at 168F...

I just finished fermenting 5 gallons of cider obtained at my home brew clubs annual apple pick and cider press. I fermented it with Fermentis SafLager BE-134 Saison yeast. It has been about 18 days and it tastes pretty good. I am making a spiced cider. I have added about a cup of store...

I have a couple quick water questions: 1. I use RO water. When building up my water for 3 vessel brewing I use different additions for strike and sparge water based on either Beersmith or BrunWater. I have pretty much converted to mostly BIAB. I am wondering how that changes the way I add...

I have BeerSmith 3 and have tried to use the water profiler in the recipe creation tools. I have a BIAB profile and it works fine for the brewing process. But, when I try to use the water tab in recipe creation to add water salts to my RO (distilled) base water it splits them into Strike and...

I built a bottle washer to use with the same pump I use for my keg washer. It took me about 2 hours to build it and maybe $20 additional in PVC parts. It will do 24 bottles at a time and fits in my laundry sink. It works great. One of the reasons it is great is because once I am done with the...

I built a bottle washer to use with the same pump I use for my keg washer. It took me about 2 hours to build it and maybe $20 additional in PVC parts. It will do 24 bottles at a time and fits in my laundry sink. It works great. One of the reasons it is great is because once I am done with the...

I had a 1/4 hp utility pump lying around. I bought it in December when I had water in my basement while I was waiting 6 weeks for the waterproofers to put drain tile and a sump pump in. Since I hope to never use it again as a water mitigator I decided to re-purpose it into a Keg washer. It...

Has anyone used Vic Secret hops? What do you think? I have a couple ounces of 21% AA. The description says "Passionfruit and Pineapple with notes of Fresh Herbs and Pine Needles". I wanted to make a simple amber lager. But, I may save them for a NEbraskaIPA. I am not sure about the "Pine...

I may be jumping the gun here but I am wondering something. I was cleaning out my fridge of some old harvested yeasts. I found some Pacman yeast, I originally harvested from a Rogue bottle 3 or 4 years ago. I have some frozen and some I found in the fridge that I harvested from a 3rd gen batch...

I have a general whirl-pooling question and would like to see what others are doing. I usually whirlpool with my pump for 10-15 minutes after I have removed heat from my boil kettle. Lately, I have been simplifying and been doing mostly BIAB instead of 3 vessel brews and using my immersion...

First a bunch of background. Today a local brewery, Nebraska Brewing Company, had a View the Brew wort making event. For 3-4 hours (and $15) we could watch them make a batch of wort from mash through the boil. They also had some great presentations of what they do on a commercial scale. When...

I have a question I have been pondering for a while. Here is some background: I am creating a starter for a 5.5 gallon batch of Vienna lager. I am using some harvested 2124 Bavarian Lager yeast, harvested 15 months ago, and frozen about a year ago. I froze 25ml slurry with appropriate...

I am brewing an 8 gallon batch of Old Ale next Weekend. I was planning on adding some Blackstrap Molasses to the recipe. I am wondering how much I should add. I am going to have about 18lbs of grain.

Recently, I have been enjoying the ease of BIAB in my 15 gallon electric boil kettle with a steamer shelf above the element and a custom grain bag. I am planning to do a 5 gallon batch BIAB Imperial Stout. Given the large grain bill, I would like to do a parti-gyle with it. In the past I have...

I am making a Marzen. I think my fermentation is done, but my gravity is a bit high. I did a BIAB with a full water volume mash at 153F, recirculating the whole time. I mashed out for 10 minutes at 168. My efficiency is at about 80%. OG was 1.056. I did a 1/2 liter 1.040 starter the night...

I have been electric brewing with a 3 vessel system for 3 or 4 years. Yesterday, I decided to use my boil kettle and mash bag to do a BIAB batch of Boulevard Tank 7 Saison (from their recipe in Zymergy). I have duplicate 15 gallon SS kettles for my MT and BK which both came with steamer racks...

I had some success this week I thought I would share. I am hopefully brewing a Kolsch this weekend, time permitting. I am using some yeast I harvested (washed) in early August 2016 from a batch made in July 2016. I froze it in late September 2016. I had let it settle in a container (PET soda...