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    Trying to find the person who makes BIAB bags?

    Thank you so much!
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    Trying to find the person who makes BIAB bags?

    Hi All, I bought some BIAB bags from someone on the forum a few years ago, he would make them custom sizes but I can no longer find his website in my email, does anyone know who they are or their website?
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    Spike Brewing 12.5gal Conical Fermenter Giveaway!

    I''m in! We need this so badly, trying to get a super small nano brewery up and running!
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    A Brewing Water Chemistry Primer

    Hi, So i'm getting ready to brew a pale ale, but I'm having a hard time understanding the primer section a bit. I came accross this post: ------------ "Baseline: Add 1 tsp of calcium chloride dihydrate (what your LHBS sells) to each 5 gallons of water treated. Add 2% sauermalz to the grist...
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    A Brewing Water Chemistry Primer

    Thanks adj! I have to admit its easy to go overboard on the reading of this topic! I appreciate the help
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    A Brewing Water Chemistry Primer

    So my next recipe is going to be a Black IPA using .875 lbs of Carafa III which apparently can be pretty acidic. I will be using RO water, so my idea is to use (per 5 gallons of mash water) 1tsp of Gypsum, 1tsp of Calcium Chloride and 1tsp of Sodium Bircobanate (as I read that the Carafa III...
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    A Brewing Water Chemistry Primer

    Hi, I'm a bit confused about water requirements for an IPA, I found a reference for an IPA earlier in this thread: From baseline: Baseline: Add 1 tsp of calcium chloride dihydrate (what your LHBS sells) to each 5 gallons of water treated. Add 2% sauermalz to the grist. IPA: For very...
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    Blichmann Floor Burner in Socal

    Hi, As the title states, looking to buy a used (working) Blichmann Floor Burner in Socal!
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    Caramel Apple Cider

    Hi Guys, I've never made cider before, so this will be my first attempt, please parden my ignorance but will this turn out to be sparkling once I bottle it or do i need to do something special, i assume the honey at the end will provide some fermental sugar for the yeast to produce some co2...
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    Gluten-Free "Fat Tire" Amber Ale

    Is this a 5gallon recipe?
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    Need help understanding and using water report

    For example, in terms of help, The water profile tool in beersmith asks for: Ca: Mg: Na: SO4: Cl: HC03: Assuming PPM is equivalent to mg/L I have the following values from the table in the attachment above: Ca: 97 Mg: 23 Na: 103 SO4: 96.0 Cl: X HCO3: X Does this look right? For Cl and HCO3...
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    Need help understanding and using water report

    Hi Everyone, So I received my water report from my water district but I'm having a hard time making heads or tails of what it says and how to even start modifying it for beer production. Any assistance would be helpful, I've attached it here. Thanks guys! Jon
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    IPA turned Sour?

    Hi, I was hoping someone could help us understand what happened to our IPA. So we recently did a BIAB with an IPA recipe that was shipped from Austin Homebrew to Southern Cali. We did the BIAB thing, we put it in the fermentor and threw in the liquid yeast. About 2 days in, the...
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