Recent content by Sandbrew

I use almost all glass carboys, mainly because I spent money and them and they work :shrug:. But to add to discussion, when I do use plastic buckets (only thing that'll fit in my freezer for lagering), I notice zero difference in taste.. Some of my brew buddies say they switched from glass...

Great info.. Thanks. Planning to brew an Amber Ale this weekend, I'll be utilizing all the advice I got from here! Wish I joined this forum sooner now

Three last questions: Is it possible to re-use the calibration solution? As in, open the container, put probe in container, calibrate, then seal container back up? I haven't been doing it this way.. But I'd imagine I'll go through the solution rather quickly if I pour some out to calibrate each...

Twice a year.. which I now know is not a good idea, thanks for the info. So when you say keep it in buffer for a bit, put the cap with storage solution back on after calibrating for like 10 minutes?

Yes.. I was also surprised with the pH reading. I use a Milwaukee MW101, which I calibrate roughly once-twice a year.

Really? What's people's beef with the exbeeriments, just out of curiosity? Do they feel the results lack accuracy?

This is one of the myths debunked by the fine crew at brulosophy with one of their exBEERiments. Link below. http://brulosophy.com/2017/05/22/brew-in-a-bag-the-impact-squeezing-the-bag-has-on-beer-character-exbeeriment-results/

At this point I've convinced myself it's infection. Although it hasn't gotten any worse.. still drinkable, so I think I'll power through this keg, I hate wasting beer :D. That's interesting regarding vinyl hose.. All of my beer/gas lines are vinyl so I'll take that into consideration for next...

I ordered a new megapot 1.2 from NB and it arrived at a reasonable time, but arrived with a broken thermometer. I let them know, and they sent me a new thermometer which arrived a few days later.. Excellent service. Granted, this was a few weeks ago, so maybe the dip everyone is experiencing is...

It's all good.. I think I'll just chock it up to infection and call it a day :shrug: I was just looking for a sanity check

What water did you use? A: My home well water, same source as always. What brewing salts? A: I typically put a heaping 1/2 teaspoon of gypsum. Did not adjust for no sparge water (might have been a mistake). Also forgot to add until roughly 15 minutes into mash (probably why pH ended in upper...

I was a little hesitant to accept that the brewing methodology would yield astringent flavors also.. Since plenty of people BIAB with no astringent reports. In all of your years experience, has this happened, or would you know what could most likely have caused it? It's possible the beer got...

Hello everyone! I'm new to this forum, but I've been brewing for roughly 8 years or so. Nice to meet you all. In my years of brewing I've rarely encountered what I'm about to explain, as such I'm at a loss. So here goes: I've recently switched from batch sparging in mash tun to BIAB (Less time...