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I have a long glycol loop (40' round trip) and my reservoir lives in my kegerator freezer. It is not a sealed system and I'm getting about 1L (1 quart) of coolant "evaporation" in a 2 month period. Is this normal, or should I disassemble to inspect for a very small leak? Please, no armchair...

Just got my new pH meter today. An Anaheim Scientific pH meter (P771). It was kind of a snap decision, but it looks great and came with storage, and calibration buffer solutions. $69 from Digi-Key (+8$ overnight shipping)...

I got 6 different rhizomes and I've planted them. I was a little late getting them in the ground (may 23rd, 2.5 weeks ago). This was probably about 2 weeks late, since I had some communication breakdown with the local rhizome supplier. The Zeus, Cascade, Mt. Hood and Sterling have all come up...

I'm trying to get a hold of the chemicals I need to do water adjustments: Chalk (CaCO3) Gypsum (CaSO4*2H2O) Calcium Chloride (CaCl2*2H2O) Epsom Salt (MgSO4*7H2O) Baking Soda (NaHCO3) Canning Salt (NaCl) Epson Salt, Baking Soda and Canning Salt are all very straight forward. I'm...

Just listening to the Brew Strong show on water analysis right now. I notice that my Calcium is way too low. But the total hardness on my report isn't too bad. Palmer says you can estimate that you have a calcium:magnesium ratio of 3:1 or 4:1 and determine the calcium from that. Eg 50ppm...

Hello everyone, I've been all grain brewing since January. The beers are turning out better than my expectations. I've been reading and listening to everything I can get my hands on. One issue that I have to complain about is that I seem to get a headache the morning after I have a...

Hi all, I'm just getting started in the all grain world. I've done 5 batches so far. It's going really well. My problem is I live 5 hours drive from the nearest decent homebrew store that sells hops. I acquired a vacuum sealer so I'm looking to stock up on about 5 varieties of hops. Thought...