Digging up an ancient thread here... but I read the entire thing and I haven't seen anyone mention the water profile. The Bell's recipe shows the "Approximate Kalamazoo city water report (for reference)" but it's not clear to me if that's the starting profile or the water profile and then they...
I have a grainfather counter-flow chiller (CFC) and since I can't see inside of it I really want to ensure that it's clean. I got it used with my used grainfather purchase. Is it safe to pump a BLC solution through the copper beer line inside for 15 min or so? With a good water rinse after, of...
This is for the most part WAY over my head, so maybe this is a dumb question, but what's the practical benefit on the homebrew scale of converting SG to plato in this way? And what does it tell you that SG doesn't?