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Will using unfiltered city water for mixing star san cause off flavors in my beers typical of chlorinated water? FYI I'm using distilled water and building my water profiles for the actual beers. Just wondering if I can use the city water from the tap for my star san. Thanks

So my girlfriend and I were just rejected a wonderful rental house because the landlords found out I am a homebrewer. They wouldn't even review our application or check our references once they found out. Now they won't even return our emails or calls urging them to re-consider. Just curious...

Boil Size: 8.00 gal Post Boil Volume: 6.50 gal Estimated OG: 1.058 SG Estimated FG: 1.004 SG Estimated Color: 6.1 SRM Estimated IBU: 36.9 IBUs Boil Time: 90 Minutes 9 lbs Pilsner (2 Row) Bel 1 lbs 8.0 oz Wheat Malt 1 lbs Munich II (Weyermann) 5.0 oz...

So here is what I have to work with... pH 8.1 Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 158 Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.26 Cations / Anions, me/L 3.0 / 3.0 Sodium, Na < 1 Potassium, K 3 Calcium, Ca 37 Magnesium, Mg 12 Total Hardness, CaCO3 143 Nitrate, NO3-N 0.1 (SAFE) Sulfate...

Looking for a used Blichmann floor burner, with or without leg extensions.

Well, I've done some searching and haven't really found a satisfying answer. I'm just about set up for full wort boils. Up until now I've been doing 4 gallon stovetop boils and using the late extract addition technique with very good results. I'm wondering if I should continue to utilize late...

So this might be a terrible idea, but I've been wondering if this kit would be a decent candidate for a belgian yeast... Granted, there's nothing really belgian about it but I'm thinking maybe character from the rye might complement a belgian yeast. Thoughts?? A link to the recipe is posted...

Something I've been working on since I finished up an archaeological survey project and have yet to be sent on another. I call it "Bitter Archaeologist RyESB". I'm not looking to strictly adhere to the style guidelines but any advice/critique is welcome! Style: Extra Special/Strong Bitter...

So I just brewed the Northern Brewer Black IPA kit on Wednesday. Everything has gone smoothly thus far. However I will be going out of town next week and probably won't be back for 5 weeks or so. I am a little concerned about losing some of the hop character in those 5 weeks. I do plan to...

This is something I came up with while playing around on BeerSmith. It started out as a weird Belgian/American Imperial Red Hybrid. In the process of tweaking that recipe, I started to take a different direction and came up with this. Any input would be greatly appreciated since I am a noob...

New to recipe formulation. Critiques welcome... Type: Extract Batch Size: 5.00 gal Starting Boil Vol: 4.00 gal Boil Time: 60 min Est Original Gravity: 1.072 Est Final Gravity: 1.011 Est ABV: 8.0% Bitterness: 53.4 IBU Est Color: 21.6 SRM 1 lbs 8.0 oz Caramel Malt - 80L 6-Row...

So yesterday I went a little overboard with top off water and watered my beer down a bit. My OG was off 1.063 instead of 1.072. I'm a little worried about the beer not having the body I would like. To fix this, I thought about maybe making a small, very concentrated wort with some DME and...

Okay, so I just got done brewing an IPA extract recipe and when I transferred the ~3.5 gallons of wort to the carboy I had an insane amount of foam build up. The foam was so much that I couldn't top it up to the 5 gallon mark. There had been a considerable amount of star san foam still in the...

So I have my 1st batch fermenting right now. It's the NB Nut Brown extract kit. I used Wyeast 1945. For the 1st 120 hours of fermentation it sat at about 68 degrees in my cellar. However today the temp dropped down to more like 64. I want a slightly fruity flavor, so I took it inside to...

So I'll be doing my first brew sometime this coming week. A Nut Brown Ale extract kit from Northern Brewer. Any suggestions, tips, words of wisdom for a newbie?

So I'm wantin' brew a Bavarian style Hefeweizen. Anyone know of a really good extract kit with specialty grains?

So do I really need to do an extract kit for my first brew to get a feel for the process or could I do a PM batch with relative ease?

Hey fellow Brewers! Just starting to get into the homebrewing thing. Thought I'd join the community here to do some research. Cheers! :mug: