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Hello all: I just received my water profile from Ward Labs, and in research a little on-line I have a few questions. I have included my water profile below. 1) Your general thoughts on this profile? I am not quite sure what I am looking at. 2) In the reading I have done, all seems to...

By additions to add during the brew process to aid in head retention? Thanks!

I have noticed a trend to my last few beers, and want to know if anyone has experienced this. I notice that the maltyness and hoppyness of my beers seems to be very subtle, yet I feel like my recipes are either average in both grain and hops bills, or sometimes a little more on the hoppy...

Anyone have a good spiced ale recipe that I use? Looking for something to make for the holidays. Thanks!

Two quick questions about my brewing procedures... 1) I don't have a strike water set-up, so I have to heat up sparge water and dump into my mash tun after I have collected the first batch of wort. I assume I am going to lose a good amount of efficiency because of this? I believe I need to...

I am interested, after discussion with a more experienced home brewer, in using my local city water to brew rather than the filtered water I have been buying from the grocery store. I recently acquired and reviewed the water profile from my local water treatment plant, and noticed a high level...

I am interested in increasing the amount of beer I am able to brew in one brew day. Currently I can brew 5 gallon batches using an oversized "weekend cooler" for my mash tun, and a 44 quart boil pot. I then keg in 5 gallon corny kegs. I would like to be able to do a 10 gallon batch of a...

I am brewing beer for my wedding, and have 2 corny kegs of a Honey Hefeweizen and 2 cornys of Carmel Porter. The hefe has come out exactly the same keg to keg, but one of my porters came in with a low ABV, at about 3% instead of 5%. Is a 3% ABV a bad beer? It tastes fine, just a bit less "bite"...

If I am mashing grains at 170F Forman hour (approx. 12 lbs. and 5 gallons), draining the wort, then adding 4 gallons at 160F to the grains, stirring, and draining to get my pre-boil volume, is this a good technique to sparge? I am working without a pump, so this seems tone the easiest for me...

I have been brewing with pellet hops, but thinking about moving to leaf. Would 1 oz of leaf hops be equal to 1 oz of pellet? How do I convert my recipe to use leaf hops? Suggestions, comments, pros, cons?

Any suggestions and tips to adding pellet hops to my kegged beer? Was going to put the hops in a nylon hops bag with a stainless steel washer to weigh down, finally attaching a fishing line to it and through the o-ring seal on my keg top. Fishing line will be about 2/3 the height of the keg in...

How do you measure efficiency of brewing, and how can I use this to improve my process as brew?

I have been brewing 5 gallon batches, and have typically heated 5 gallons of water to approx. 12 lbs. of grain to rest for an hour in my mash tun. Once I drain the wort, I then sparge with an additional 3-4 gallons of hit water to acquire 7-8 gallons for my boil. Is this typical? Too much water...

Is a 6 gallon carboy big enough to ferment 5 gallons batches? In other words, is a gallon worth of head space sufficient enough space to supply oxygen to the yeast? Secondly, is a carboy stopper with a hole for a water trap a good setup for fermenting?

Could someone explain how important mash temperature is. I am sure this has been asked before, but I am new to all-grain brewing and can't seem to get an easy as definite answer. I have brewed multiple batches of both a Carmel Porter and a Honey Hefeweizen, but at slightly different mash...

Hi all. New to all-grain brewing. I am going to be brewing my 8th beer this coming week. Recently purchased some flakes barley to add to my grain bill to increase the body and "mouth taste" to my Oaked Carmel Porter. My question is, should I still be adding Whirloc (Supermoss) to my wort if I am...