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I'll give the W34/70 a shot. Thanks.

What kind of dry lager yeast do folks like? My next batch will be 10 gallons of pilsner. I only have a 2 liter flask, and I believe I would need approximately 2.25 gallon starter. I want to pitch 4 dry packs, but don't have any experience with dry lager yeasts. Any opinions would be welcome...

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I like the looks of your sparge arm. How did you build the head? Looks like a 1/2 to 3/4 coupler plugged, with I assume some holes drilled in it.

remember you have to stir your grain once you mash in. if its an inch from the top of mash tun, it will either be very messy or not stirred properly.

Lots of people use copper for HERMS coils

I've done it. I just used bottled distilled water. I added it in right before I pitched my yeast. It will also dilute your IBUs too. Beersmith has a tool you can use to figure out how much to add. If this is a 5 gallon batch, you probably have to add over 2 gallons to get it down to 1.040...

I use my immersion chiller as a make-shift HERMS. I use my pump to recirculate my wort through the IC, which is in my boil kettle with water around 180. I recirc until the grain bed reaches about 170. I keep it there for 10 minutes or so, then drain my first runnings into a bucket. Then I...

I had issues with low FGs for a long time. My problem ended up being my hydrometer was reading 4 points low. It read 0.96 in distilled water. Check your hydrometer in distilled water. Could be that simple. My efficiency and my FG were higher than I was measuring them. FYI, I have a...

A while back, I made 10 gallons of hefe. Everything went perfect. Hit all my numbers. I was brewing in my garage with the garage door open. I had the immersion chiller going and had a genius brain storm...I can wash my wife's car with the discharge hose. Great idea! Why let the water just...

You can use gelatin if you want, but its not necessary. I forget to use irish moss all the time, and my beer is plenty clear.

I want to make a low abv ale with the grain and hops I have on hand. Shooting for 10 gallons, 75% efficiency. I'm at work and don't have access to beersmith, so this is all from memory. Here's the grain bill I was tinkering with: 8.5# 2 Row (54%) 2.5# Vienna (16%) 2.25# Munich (14%)...

the only way to be sure it to test the tincture. i would say to let it soak for a minimum of a week or two. test it with an eye dropper. a drop isn't going to do too much damage. put it on a cracker or a piece of bread. some herbal tinctures soak for 6 months or more. give the bottle a good...

My hydrometer reads .096 in my tap water. So, it off quite a bit. I haven't tried it in distilled water. When I say I mash for 60+ minutes, its pretty close to an hour. I may go 10 minutes over, depending on if I get distracted. But, I try to start my vorlauf after 60 minutes. I use...

My attempt at stopping conversion with the addition of the first sparge water may be inadequate. My wort is obviously more fermentable than I expect, but not as much as I'm recording, due to my poorly calibrated hydrometer. I have been researching options for HERMS and RIMS systems to bring...

I didn't check my pH on this batch, but it has always been in the ball park when I have checked it. After checking the pH more than a dozen batches and it being close, I stopped. I sparge as soon as my first runnings are drained. 180 was a typo, I use water at around 200 degrees to bring my...

The beer always tastes fine. I'm not really concerned about low FG, more curious. If its a technique issue, I'll try to correct it. I don't mash out on my first runnings. I don't have the volume to end conversion with my first runnings still in the MT. But, I sparge with water hot...

Maybe I have been overshooting my OGs and measuring them low, but thinking they are accurate.

I checked my hydrometer with tap water and it reads 0.096. So it is a little low. I checked my last 12 batches and every one is 5-10 points lower than beersmith estimates, but I have hit or overshot my OG by a few points.

I have never calibrated my hydrometer. I will do that. But if hydrometer readings are linear, I should be reading low OGs as well. I mash in a 10 gallon round cooler. I measure my mash temp with a lab-grade digital thermometer with a long probe, maybe 8" long. The mash is well stirred...