OpenSights
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Over the past few months I’ve been saving up a bunch of mystery grain. It started with a free bag of grain for a 5 gallon brown ale. (Someone ordered a basic brown ale and forgot to say extract.) Since then I’ve added truly mystery grain, one small bag definitely has coffee! I haven’t weighed it all out yet, but I plan on my first 10 gallon AG batch. For hops, a buddy gave me 18 oz of cascade and williamette, dried, vacuum sealed and frozen from ‘13 and ‘14. I’m planning on a 60 minute boil randomly adding the fresh hops one at a time in my hop basket every minute or so from 60 minutes.
I’ve been putting off brewing this because of the water I’ll be using. My neighbor has a cabin in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan, about 3.5 hours from home and wants me to winterize it. (I repiped it last spring and winterized it last fall.) The land has been in her family since the 1800’s up on what would be considered a mountain in Michigan and has never been farmed.
The water from the well is amazing! Nothing like well water in mid Michigan! So I plan on bringing back as many old water jugs as I can find, probably about 10 gallons and top off with the normal RO that I use.
This gives me a good opportunity to learn how to test ph and study profiles. I have all additions, 2 ph meters to try, and the book Water. The downside is there is zero cell service, so no internet to research or ask a question, which is likely.
Any tips on downloads regarding water so I have more reference sources?
I’ve been putting off brewing this because of the water I’ll be using. My neighbor has a cabin in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan, about 3.5 hours from home and wants me to winterize it. (I repiped it last spring and winterized it last fall.) The land has been in her family since the 1800’s up on what would be considered a mountain in Michigan and has never been farmed.
The water from the well is amazing! Nothing like well water in mid Michigan! So I plan on bringing back as many old water jugs as I can find, probably about 10 gallons and top off with the normal RO that I use.
This gives me a good opportunity to learn how to test ph and study profiles. I have all additions, 2 ph meters to try, and the book Water. The downside is there is zero cell service, so no internet to research or ask a question, which is likely.
Any tips on downloads regarding water so I have more reference sources?