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I recently installed check valves in my gas lines after an accident that almost cause beer to go into my CO2 regulator. Now I am carbonating the first beer after installing them and I am finding my beers undercarbonated. Kegland says the check valves has a opening pressure of 1PSI, does this...

Anyone with experience with 1084 (Irish Ale) at high temperatures? I had a bunch of issues during my brew day that end up pitching the yeast at 23C (73F) and fermentation when most of the time at 20C(68F). Anyone had any experience with that yeast at high temperatures? What should I expect? The...

I bought TSP (Trisodium phosphate) to clean my new fermenter but now I have approx. 1kg (LHBS didn't have smaller packages) of this stuff around. Now I am trying to figure out a way to fit TSP in my cleaning routine. Can I use TSP as a detergent when cleaning my equipment? There is any...

I am not in the US, so no Walmart. :( As for RO waste, I don't think I would be able to use it all, by my calculations for a 20L batch I would have 100L or more of waste water. That's simple too much, I don't have use for all that.

I am new in the water treatment for brewing. So not sure what would be narrow ranges, this are the values I have: <min> - <avg> - <max> Calcium: 38.27 - 40.55 - 43.8 Magnesium: 7.83 - 8.95 - 9.91 Sodium: 57.5 - 66.4 - 77.6 Chloride: 83 - 93 - 105 Sulfate: 40 - 46 - 52 Carbonate: 147 - 153 - 156

My water provider give the water analysis every quarter with minimum/average/maximum of every item needed for brewing. I input the average into BrewFather but never added any salts. Since RO filters are not an option as they have too much waste and distilled water is a lot of work (local...

Final version of this recipe, I will brew over the weekend.: Vitals Original Gravity: 1081 Final Gravity: 1020 IBU (Tinseth): 37 BU/GU: 0.46 Color: 77 EBC / 39 SRM Malts (8.23 kg / 18.14lbs) 5 kg (60.8%) — Weyermann Barke Munich Malt 2 kg (24.3%) — Weyermann Barke Pilsner 410 g (5%) — Thomas...

Yes, I did. The original recipe was with D-90 but both my LHBS didn't have them on stock only the clear candi sugar in rocks.

Cool. I'll try that, not sure if I'll manage to do 10L because my smallest fermenter is 10L total, so I'll probably do 8L or so.

Thank you for all the feedbacks. I decided to make some adjustments and got this recipe below. ------ 70% efficiency Batch Volume: 20 L / 5 gal. Boil Time: 60 min Vitals Original Gravity: 1.083 Final Gravity: 1.022 ABV: 8.0% IBU (Tinseth): 39 BU/GU: 0.46 Color: 71 EBC / 36 SRM Mash...

I don't think I've ever drank a traditional Baltic Porter. The ones available to me are mostly from Pohjala and some local breweries.

Yeah, I know! I have my fair share of high gravity ales (Double/Triple IPAs, Belgian Tripel, Stouts, etc..) but lager is my first one. The profile of WY2633 yeast got my attention that's why I want to use it, one tactic I used before in high gravity ales with success is pitching a neutral more...

Interesting. I'll consider that, but I would like to get the baltic porter fermenting over the winter to take advantage of the cold weather, especially for lagering.

MultiStep starter: 2 steps of 3L.

Recently I got addicted to Baltic Porter so I decided to make one. It will be my first lager, so I'll try to take advantage of the cold weather in the winter to brew this one. I have a semi temperature controlled fermenter (conical fermenter with heating + ice bucket with pump and coil) that...