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I planned on brewing a 6.5 gallon batch of lager (OG 1.048) tomorrow. I made a 2 L starter in a stir plate with Imperial Harvest and then stepped up to a 3.5 L starter. However, after the first 10 hours of the 3.5 L starter being on the stir plate, I noticed significant overflow due to foaming...

I feel like I’m being overly paranoid, but while chilling my wort today (6 Gallons), I noticed a small leak where the hose meets the chiller and some tap water full of chloramines got into my wort. My estimate is probably only a tablespoon or so as it was a very slow leak and I caught it pretty...

I’ve been brewing for around 12 years and have always been on a well. Recently I moved into a house that has municipal water that is treated (I believe it’s chlorinated). My plan is to use R/O water for the Star San mix but would like to use the tap water for the actual cleaning of the kettles...

I am attempting my 2nd turbid mash today. I did one last year and it was successful. This year I had my Dad helping me. When I pulled the portions of turbid wort I told him to heat them to 180. However, I just found out that he only heat it to 80 degrees. The turbid wort was 80 degrees for about...

I'm brewing a Dopplebock next weekend. I am used to ordering malt by the pound but found a website where you can enter your actual recipe in and they combine the grain for you. I was in a rush, didn't realize this and ordered too much malt. My basic original recipe for 6.75 gallons was: 14.75...

I just brewed a 1.064 Pale Ale using small amounts of Simcoe, Mosaic, and Citra at 15 min (for bittering and some flavor) and 3 additions of wet hops (about 20 oz each) at 5 min, and whirlpool steeped at 170 and 145. It is currently dry hopping with 12 oz wet hops (which will only be for 3...

I am planning to brew a RIS soon (see below, hopefully the link works) https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=238807 I have been using brewers friend to calculate my Mash Ph, and it has worked very well for my light colored beers, but I am having some difficulty with the planning of...

Hello, First off, I would like to say that I have been visiting this forum for at least 1.5 years and it has been infinitely helpful to me. In addition, this is my first post, mainly because whenever I have a question I use the search function and the answer is always there. Unfortunately, I...