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I posted this thread in the All Grain forum but should have done it here in Brewing Science. Martin responded, but I thought I would point to the thread if anyone else wanted to chime in. Basically my water report came in and I'm dealing with a high alkalinity issue with my well water. Rather...

Been AG brewing (Denny Conn style, cooler tun, batch sparge) for maybe 4 years now. Over the past yr or more I've noticed my pale color hoppy beers being dominated by a flavor I couldn't figure out. Despite using a ton of late boil and dry hops, my hops were disappearing. To me the hops seemed...

I've been brewing for almost 3 years, most of which has been all-grain via Denny Conn's cooler-tun/batch sparging method. I have private well water here on the MA/NH border. I know we had a basic test done when we bought the house 10 yrs ago, but I've never had a brewing water test done...

Looking at a west coast style IPA to use the Mosaic I've got coming. Comments welcome. Going away from the crystal heavy type of grist I'm more familiar with Recipe: Mosaic IPA Style: 14B-India Pale Ale(IPA)-American IPA Expected OG: 1.068 SG Expected FG: 1.016 SG Expected ABV: 6.9 %...

Just ordered some 4 oz hop packets from Farmhouse Brewing and am wondering if I might try doing my first SMASH brew. Got some Mosaic and Citra coming. Have never brewed with either. Also getting some Chinook and Columbus as I can always find a good use for those. Looking for thoughts on...

I just picked up grain for my next batch, and grabbed a couple ounces of Columbus. I already have plenty of hops in the freezer that I will be using, but wanted to add some columbus to tweak my rye IPA recipe. Looking at the columbus packets, I see them listed as "4.4% " Since when was...

I'm hoping to brew a Saison today using the Wyeast 3522. Made a starter last night. Dozed off on the couch and didn't pitch until 2 am (5.5 hrs ago). Came down this morning and not seeing any sign of activity. The smack pack never expanded last night prior to pitching either. Had more than...

Been bottling homebrew for a year and a half. What money I have put into the hobby thus far has been to improve my brewing (Mr Beer kit as a gift > 5 gal extract batches with buckets > tukey fryer and full wort boils > yeast starters > all grain (converted 10 gal rectangular cooler, batch...

I've been using plastic buckets as primary fermenters since I went to 5 gallon batches. The only carboy (glass) I have was gifted to me by my brother-in-law who doesn't brew anymore. It's a 6 gallon carboy. Not 6.5 gallons, which is what I see in all the homebrew stores. Typically I brew...

Should I be using the temp I fermented the beer at, or the temp of the beer at actual bottling time? For the first time I've cold crashed my beer (in a glass carboy secondary) in a fridge to bottle this weekend. I believe I should be using the fermentation temp, but I've heard other "answers" as...

Finally got my cooler/tun to stop leaking, so I jumped into it... 1st all-grain brew on Saturday. Had grains crushed over a week ago (before i found the leak in the tun) based on a Jamil Z. APA recipe (10.5# 2-row, half pounds each of c15, c40, victory, and munich malt). Amazingly hit my...

So far, I've done four 5-gal extract/steeping grains batches, with buckets, and only a primary. In the cold weather, the basement gets down to around 50°F (60 in the warmer weather). Thankfully, the in-law apt in our house is only in use during the summer months (when they escape the FL heat...

Realized after the fact that the date on the propagator I bought was manufactured in January, so 6 months old. Tried to make a 1000 ml starter with it to see what, if any activity I would get. Popped the smack pack and let it sit over 3 hours at room temp (around 70). The pack basically didn't...

1 can (3.3 lb) of Light LME, 2 lb of Pilsen DME, .5 lb of wheat DME, 1 lb of ExtraLight DME, plus steeped .5lb of Crystal 40 and .25 carapils. According to BeerAlchemy, I was looking at about 1.055 and 35 IBU, much of which comes from later hop additions Brought a gallon of water to 165° and...

I brewed an all extract bavarian hefe on Monday afternoon. Had made a starter (about 1700ml) using WLP300. Had it in the flask for a bit more than 24 hrs, then I put it in the fridge for a couple nights as I wasn't going to get to brew on Sat or Sun as I had hoped. Took it out a few hours ahead...

From what I understand, I should be storing my bottled beer at fermentation temps so as to carb and condition. My question is: is using the fermetation temp just so the yeast in the bottle will produce the CO2 to carb the beer? If so, then 4 weeks in the bottle at that temp is enough to carb...

for my second 5 gallon batch I went with a Sierra Nevada Pale clone recipe. Extract plus steeping grains. While I'm a bit more hopeful for this one as I've learned a bit more over the past couple months thanks to various forums and podcasts. However, I really need to get a 8 gal SS kettle. Used...

Going to do a partial boil, extract brew. Can't yet go full boil as I don't have the pot for it. Given that it's going to be half DME and half LME (plus a pound of caramel malt 40L steeped), I intended to boil most of the DME but add the LME late. This is going to greatly effect the hop addition...

I just bottled my first 5 gal batch. Previous bottling of Mr Beer batches were recommends (on MrB site) to bottle condition and carb at the same temp the beer was fermenting at. Given ambient will be around the mid-upper 60s in the house, I was planning to just stash the bottles in a closet. My...

I've done a few MrBeer kits, and my 1st 5 gal batch has been in my bucket fermenter for a week now. I've found that the 5 gal batch brewed in the kitchen (according to my wife) stunk up the house too much. ;) So I'd like to move the process outside. We have a turkey fryer setup already, but...