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Used once, never got into the rhythm of my brew day... electrode always stored properly since. However this unit is 6 yrs old and probably needs a new electrode, so price reduced to $50. Also have full bottles of the necessary calibration and storage solutions which you can have free if you...

Screwed up and probably spilled double the amount of lactic acid into my mash today brewing a 5.5gal witbier. I wanted it tart but not a sour... I'm guessing I might have dropped my pH to 4.8. didn't have a meter ready to check it. Just brewed it anyway, good conversion, hit 1.051. Any thoughts?

hey all, temp controller (stc1000) failed for first time. Brewing an ipa with s-05, temps probably in mid to high 70s for first 12 hours. How much effect do you will think this will have. We’ve got it back under control now - 67* or so...

just looking to get a classic ipa with firm bitterness and a good balance - appreciate your suggestions, esp with hop bill:

Just looking for advice to get a tasty DIPA (not NEIPA but I will dry hop) for me and my hop-loving friends. I do 5.5gal biab batches; here’s what I’ve got so far:

Anybody figure out a reliable way to calculate your IBUs and desired uses and times in beersmith yet? Any chance this will become an update?

Morebeer counter pressure bottle filler, $45 shipped.

We have no banana today, because I temp controlled (probe inside brewbucket) my hefe (recipe below) at 64F and didn't let it rise. I guess I had read I would get a mix of clove and nanners but kegged it today and sadly, it's got clove and some tartness but AFAI can tell, no :ban: Oh well, it...

I know the issue of cereal mashes, decoctions, protein rests, etc. is involved with raw wheat. But I've never used it until this weekend's planned brew. My searching on this site hasn't really answered my main concern, how to split the mashing up. The recipe is basically 5lbs 2 row, 2.5 lbs...

I really think this Revvy (Leffe) Blonde is done fermenting. 3 weeks in primary, I've tried raising temp and rousing the yeast somewhat. This beer seems clear now and sweet. I measures 1.020 whereas BS predicted a finish around 1.013. A bit disappointing. Some may like it when its carb'd...

Brew Day started out fine. And everything ready last night. Had some trouble getting my strike water to the proper temp, and in that hassle forgot about a teaspoon of lactic acid I was supposed add. 10 minutes into the mash remembered to throw it in and stirred - what do you thinks going to...

#grain 13 - 2 row .75 - Cara 20 .5 - carapils .5 - Victory .25 - melanoiden oz. hops 2 - chinook @60 1 - cascade @15 1 - simcoe @ 5 1 - Amarillo @5 2 - centennial - whirl 15 1 - simcoe - whirl 15 Yeast WLP001, 8oz dextrose at high, dry hop 1 oz each simcoe, Amarillo, centennial...

Got this Norhern Brewer kit on sale and realized I don't want to brew it as is. I didn't buy yeast. The kit includes 10lbs Pale Malt and .75lb crystal 20 and hersbrucker hops I'm just going to set aside. I picked up 2 lbs of flaked corn and plan on adding .5 lb white wheat. I've got Magnum...

I have been brewing for 10 months, 8 months AG. I've tried many different recipes and have been mashing in a 10 gal igloo and occasionally in a 10 gal direct fired kettle with recirculation. Efficiency has been awesome, the beer very good, but brew day with clean up has been very long. I brew...

Planning to brew a belgian wit tomorrow. 5 lbs wheat malt, 4 lbs pilsner, 1 lb oats. Simple batch sparge with my cooler mash tun. I'm going to use 100% RO water and try to get the right mash ph and calcium level with my brewing salts, gypsum, etc. Can somebody help with what my additions are...

I brewed a RIS on Jan 10, so 3 weeks ago. It was an extract kit from NorCal Brewing. Nice kit, I pitched the two packs of S-05 into the well oxygenated (fish pump not pure O2) wort at 1.102 OG. Bubbled like crazy for a week at about 66 degrees, and bubbled away for another week more slowly...

I run the ingredients in Brun water and I can't get my mash ph above about 4.7 - I must be missing something - I'm using RO water

I'm fermenting a porter right now which I just dumped on top of my last batch's yeast in my BMB. OK, since doing it, I've read a couple of posts indicating it was a big overpitch. The previous batch was a nut brown with an OG of 1.057 (overshot the recipe) and the OG of the porter is 1.061...

Had a relaxing brew day yesterday making a nut brown. My volume and boil gravity were spot on the recipe which was supposed to yield 5.4 gal of 1.051 wort. I guess I was a little too relaxed. Boiled off too much and wound up with an OG of 1.057. Forgot to top off and now the Nottinghams are...

Hi all, I'm planning on brewing a tripel tomorrow (It's a slight alteration of the Karmeliet clone I found on this awesome site). Last night I made a 1.6l starter with some harvested WLP500 from an extract tripel I brewed back in July (didn't do the greatest job washing it) and I'm now...