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I let it go at 70-72 for 48 hours and it went from 1063 down to 1024 and I attached my spunding valve and have it set to 12 PSI.

Thanks for the info. Ended up getting it down to 75 and pitched it. Had activity after 5 hours and extremely active fermentation 16 hours after initial. It has gone from 1064 to 1035 in 30 hours. I havent put pressure on yet.

I am just mashing in on my 2nd pressure fermentation. I am doing a West Coast IPA and pitching with Imperial Dry Hop. I am going to be using a Fermzilla All Rounder with a spunding valve. Last batch I attached the spunding valve after 24 hours and set to 10 PSI. I do have the ability to...

Being from BC, I am looking forward to your results with this. Please post with your updates!

I can get the Renew capsules from Amazon.ca How many capsules would I use in a 5 gallon batch? Sorry very very new to the idea of a kettle sour.

I want to attempt a kettle sour using my Grainfather and am having a hard time finding a recommended source of lacto that is available in Canada, more specifically British Columbia. I hear Goodbelly shots a lot, but those are not available here. I have a fridge full of Danactive probiotic...

I brew 10g batches on a system very similar to a Blichmann Brew Easy. I use 2x20G pots and do a recirculating mash, full volume, no sparge. I tried doing water adjustments for the first time yesterday and I didnt hit my pH. I was using Beersmith 3 to come up with my water and acid additions...

No I am removing the immersion chiller and replacing with the counter flow chiller. I am wanting to move from the fly-sparge and instead go more towards a recirculating no sparge mash setup, using the HLT to hold the excess water/wort to heat up as it recirculates through the mash tun.

Need some advice if anyone can chime in. My friend and I brew 10 gallon batches currently, using a fly sparge method. We use the following: Gas burner (Blichman burner) 10G HLT (Blichman kettle) 10G Mash Tun (SS Infussion) 20G Boil Kettle (SS Brew Pot) Immersion copper chiller I used to...

I have taken a shot at reading the water report and THINK i have the values correct. So for Beersmith I need: ph - 7.8 calcium - 12ppm magnesium - 2ppm sodium - 3.95ppm sulfate - 5.8ppm chloride - 0.52ppm bicarbonate - 39ppm I think I am using the correct information from that water report...

Now I am still trying to sift through that water report to fill in the blanks for Beersmith. Uggg taking business vs chemistry for university

Thank you VERY much. We have a pretty high tech water treatment plant in town so I assume the water would stay pretty close each year. Gives me a place to start. Thank you again.

Thanks for the added information. Like I said I have had a hard time getting a water quality report from my City, but they did give me some info from emails: Good morning: Our water consistently has a hardness and alkalinity of 40 mg/L. The pH will range 7.7-7.9. TDS of the water is 80...

Thank you for the info. I assume it would be OK to collect the water the night before if I wanted to start brewing early in the morning.

I am wanting to take the next step in my brewing and start playing with water. I havent been able to get a water report from my city, and to get it tested costs more than the equipment to create RO water. I am looking at these 2...