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For me, using brewing software goes far beyond a recipe database; my entire system and process is represented in the software, and for any selected recipe I can see accurate volumes and quantities, and I'm "guided" to hit all of the targets on brewday. You have to go through the process of...

I've made these numerous times over the years since this was first posted, but I usually eat them really quickly. (Because they're so frikkin' delicious LOL) This time I ended up with one jar that has been in the fridge for almost two months. How long do these last? The pickling process...

We do indeed, one of the cool things about the hobby is the wide variety of ways people accomplish the same things. :) I used to brew outdoors (either in my driveway, or in my workshop) on a three-vessel propane-fired rig. Worked great, but there were a few BIG drawbacks. The one unavoidable...

Oooh, I will definitely check that out, thank you!

Hey everyone, thanks for the replies! Glad to see a little conversation going! @Bobby_M : I was hoping to find time to talk to you at NHC judging, but obviously there was a lot going on LOL. I'm definitely curious about your systems; several guys in my club have them, and I've brewed on one of...

Not a single person? This is pretty much what I'm talking about... this product is getting basically ZERO attention throughout the entire homebrew community (that I can see, anyway), which has me concerned. (Although I guess if it was absolutely horrible it would be getting attention, for that...

I literally just found out about the Compact version a short time ago, and it ticks a LOT of boxes for me. (Currently using an Anvil Foundry 10g, which has been giving me a few problems lately.) I immediately went to do research on it, and I'm finding surprisingly little info. Short Circuited...

Nerds. ;)

Appearance is 3 points on a BJCP scoresheet, and no reasonable judge would take off more than 1 point specifically for color. (And to be honest, IMO you'd have to be way off to lose a point in an APA, far more than you're going to be for missing a little C60.) I wouldn't worry about this in...

100%. There is no reason a homebrewer cannot make beer that is just as good as commercial beer. (And let's not pretend for a hot second that all commercial beer is good... especially in this most recent wave of brewery openings!)

33 isn't the total score, it only the score for overall (similar to a BJCP overall score, x/10). The actual total score was 77.75

Belgian Single today, heating up my mash water now.

I use Beer Tools Pro (macOS), and Bru'n Water for all water calculations. When I first was looking into brewing software, many many years ago, BTP was easily the most professional, fully-featured brewing software for the Mac. (I tried Beer Alchemy as well, which was really good and looked...

This is exactly why I bought a BrewBag to go inside the mash tube.

Which is standard and highly recommended by the BJCP. There are some judges who write in pen, but the vast vast vast majority use a pencil. Moving forward electronic scoresheets will likely become more prevalent; I know I would much prefer to bring my laptop and type my scoresheets, as long as...

IMO that's absolute nonsense. It would be nonsense for that to be the bar to first place / BOS, but for mini-BOS it's absurd. They can make whatever rules they want, of course.

We did a similar thing, but we also try to make it clear to everyone that a club meeting is specifically for objective feedback on the beer(s) you brought. If all you want is praise, have your friends over to the house for a poker night or something. :) Almost everyone understands and agrees...

Both of these should be dealt with by the competition coordinator(s). Someone who admits they can no longer taste or smell to the degree necessary to judge shouldn't be allowed to judge, plain and simple. If they took the exam today they would likely fail, so... Speeding someone up is...

They are talking about NHC, not competitions in general. If you're not getting proper feedback at a regular comp then they have poor judges and/or run a poor competition. (And yes, it is an unfortunate reality that there are bad judges everywhere, it's not something that is easy to "police"...

I split my tablet in half, crush half and add it to my heated strike water before I add any other water treatment. In the five minutes or so it takes me to measure out my gypsum, calcium chloride, etc. it's done its job and my mash water has been de-chlorinated. (De-chrloraminated? LOL...) Is...