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Recently started reading up on the LoDo method and before rebrewing a Helles using the method, I tried it on an American Blonde Ale. I do BIAB no sparge. Instead of pre-boiling water (distilled) I used the baker’s yeast/corn sugar method. Waited an hour. Conditioned and milled grain and...

Having my best month in 10 years of homebrewing and entering comps. My NEIPA took 1st in Hudson Valley Comp and was 2nd for BOS. Even better, the first place BOS winner passed on the prize due to being a comp organizer, so now I get to brew my beer at Sixpoint in NY! Then this past weekend...

My homebrew club, the Metro South Homebrew League, AKA Mashholes, out of Weymouth MA, will be holding our first Homebrew Festival at the KOA campground in Middleboro, MA on June 2nd. Clubs from all over will be pouring their finest and we may have some guest pro brewers pouring their beers...

Hoping someone can help me, planning on brewing a Czech Dark Lager this weekend and was trying to dial in my water profile for Bru'n Water. My grain bill is for a 5 gallon batch is: 5.65 lbs Floor Malted Bohemian Pils 2L 3.28 lbs Munich II 8.5L 0.75 lbs Caramunich II 63L 0.53 lbs...

So after losing 2 tanks of CO2 in a week and replacing the o-ring on Taprite thinking that would be the solution, it looks like it's DOA. No patience for rebuilding it, so just ordered a new one from More Beer but won't arrive until next Wednesday. In the meantime, I have a Pilsner that I...

Probably a dumb question, but how do you remove the ball valve from the original Boilermaker? I pulled out the snap in dip tube but can't get valve off to clean. Is it as simple as using a wrench to hold the part inside kettle and another to turn the valve? That's how I have normally done it...

A friend just picked me up a 15 gallon Blichmann G1 at a barn sale for $150. Since I do BIAB most of the time, I want to order a new custom bag for it. Anyone know what the dimensions are? Finding G1 info online is impossible.

Well after winning Barrel House Z's (Weymouth, MA) inaugural homebrew comp back in March 2016 and getting to brew my Jane Rae's Amber Ale two times there (4 barrels each time, aged in rum barrels) and getting a trip to GABF, I got to complete the last part of the perk of winning yesterday. I...

Whooo! Yesterday I won Barrel House Z's Launch Pad Homebrew competition that was hosted by my homebrew club. Barrel House Z ( http://www.barrelhousez.net/), soon to open in Weymouth MA, is the idea of Russ Heissner who was Harpoon's original brewer and a partnership with Harpoon and Bully...

Have been using Bru'N water (paid supporter!) for a few years now and when doing normal adjustments have had no issues. But lately, after reading Gordon Strong's Modern Homebrew Recipes, I have been using his method of water adjustment. Using RO water, I adjust the water to a 5.5 pH with...

So in my 8 years of brewing, I have had minor issues such as breaking a hydrometer and such, but no real true home brewing disaster until yesterday! Last Friday I brewed 5 gallons of pumpkin ale with 5 lbs of pumpkin. The beer has been fermenting inside one of the Cool Ferment bags inside my...

Found the updated water report for my town online and tried entering it into Bru'n Water spreadsheet, but cations and anions are off by over 2 points. This is what the report lists (all in mg/l): PH 7.3 Calcium 18.3 Magnesium 3.97 Sodium 65.2...

Not sure if this is the right forum, but here goes... I use an upright freezer as my kegerator, using a Johnson Controller to control the temp and usually have it set between 38F and 44F depending on the beer. Lately I have noticed some water on the bottom of the freezer (or occasionally...

Am I correct that if I will be sharing a bottle of beer that I fill from a keg the same day, then as long as bottle is clean I don't need to sanitize it too? Not that I don't usually sanitize, just will be in a hurry tomorrow. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Quick question for the water experts, when using a water spreadsheet like Bru'N Water, when my recipe has a mash out, do I add that water volume to the sparge volume or the mash volume. My assumption is to the sparge, since at the time of the mash out, the mash water has hopefully already...

I usually use distilled water and build my water, because my town's water report last year barely listed any numbers and I just have not gotten around to doing a Ward's Lab test. Anyway, here is an "updated", as in it's a report for 2013 for Braintree, MA. pH 7.1 Ca 13 Mg...

I am making More Beer's all grain Janet's Brown Ale. Their recipe states 75% efficiency and OG between 1.065-1.070. But when I enter the 15.75 lbs of grain in Beersmith, at 75%, I am looking at gravities in the 1.090's. Had to adjust down to 60% to be in their range. So question is what do I...

A friend picked up a bottle of KBS and a bottle of 120 for me this past Monday and I just went to get them. She stored them on a windowsill which gets direct afternoon sun! ARGH! 4 days in the sun! Any idea how badly light struck they will be? Do higher ABV beers turn slower than lower ABV...

I am brewing Tasty's Janet's Brown this weekend, using 100% distilled water since my town's water report is worthless (need to do a Ward's test!), and will be building up my water to what Tasty's hoppy profile for the beer is, which is: Ca 110 Mg 18 Na 17 SO4 350 Cl 50 The question is...

Whoo! Won my first ribbon this weekend with a 2nd place in Amber Hybrid category at the Ocean State Homebrew Competition in RI! :ban: My California Common scored a 37.5! Have not done many comps but definitely best score out the few I have done so far! I am waiting for the score for the...