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6500WB Connoisseurs FDA Butyl Home Brew Hose I stumbled upon this the other day. I ordered some to try it out. https://www.novaflex.com/information_centre/indhose/4Food%20Hoses/Novaflex%206500%20Connoisseurs%20Food%20&%20Bev%20S&D.pdf

The ph of my R/O water is always 5. My mash ph is usually aroud 5. I measure ph with both colorphast 0-14 and 4-7 test strips. It doesn’t matter whether I am making a dark or light beer the ph is 5. I use Brewers friend water calculator and usually use either light colored and hoppy or balanced...

I was playing around with an idea to reduce my level of monitoring my mash tun and it works really well. Its a 700 watt drum heater, it has a thermostat but it has no fine control so I‘m using an Inkbird and it hits my target and maintains it quite well. I was considering going to an Anvil...

I cut a section from the plastic cap at the top lip of the front on my freezer. Then I pried that section off to expose the insulation. With a chopstick or wooden dowel I dug out the insulation in about a 10” section. I was able to expose 3 refrigerant lines running horizontally along the inner...

I have decided to add an extra step in my brewing process after realizing just how much crap was getting into my fermenter. Even though the cooled wort is wirlpooled, there is a ton of cold break still in suspension. My goal is 3 gallons into fermenter so I wanted a vessel that would hold 4...

My current grist is: 57.1% white wheat 28.6% pilsner malt 14.3% light munich I would like more body and head retention. I really want to try adding torrified wheat to accomplish this but I haven’t seen much info about it. Or would flaked wheat be a better choice?

Misconceptions - Brew Bag Myths Explained I am planning to maintain temp and raise it at end of mash by using my stovetop burner. As it heats up I drain via bottom valve and just pour it over the grain bed. The attached link states if I heat it to 170 it deactivates the enzymes that get...

I am not using my tap water to brew with, but I use it to wash my equipment. The day prior to brew day on my new system, I was washing brew pots and rinsing with cold tap water and noticed a ridiculous amount of sediment in the water. My concern is using this to sanitize my fermenter and any...

I am getting back into the game with a tiny 2.5 gal setup. I plan to mash in a 5 gallon round igloo beverage cooler. I purchased a small diameter 25’ copper coil that will fit inside my mash tun. The plan is to run inlet/outlet through the lid and pump hot water through the coil to either...