Recent content by drewsbrew8155

I currently use Brun Water for mash ph/salts and BS 2 for recipe formation. I just completed a brew on 9/21 using BS 2 for mash ph/salts (targeting 5.4 ph). I hit my gravity and volume numbers throughout the brew and fermentation is humming happily at the moment. I don’t own a ph meter, nor do I...

Makes sense to me. Foam happens when there’s too much of a pressure drop at one point - the co2 comes out of solution. A 1-2 psid sounds like the trick!

I’ve heard Firestone Walker uses WLP-002 for IPA’s/Pale Ales. S-04 is a similar yeast I think. I just finished brewing a pale ale with S-04: step mash at 144 and 150 with mashout, OG = 1.053, FG = 1.012. Yeast was pitched at 63 F, free rise up to 66.2 F after 24 hours, beer hit FG after 5 days...

Insulation and a lid would help achieve boil. Once the the wort is boiling, the lid can then be cracked to allow the steam to roll out.

The bottle I purchased prescribed 3 drops per gallon so I put 20 in the boil, none in the fermenter. This was my first time using it and it sounds like it was quite a bit more than what most people add. The batch is still fermenting but so far things don't seem out of line (fermenting like mad...

Hey I had the same problem but less frequently than yourself it seems. I found the following thread that might be of some help: http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/47173/arduino-lcd-displays-weird-character-after-a-while . I can't speak to whether or not it works but it wouldn't...