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I've got the new boilermaker 20 gallon bk set up with hop blocker and therminator chiller on a gravity feed. On the last 2 brews all working well down to the last gallon and a half which would not come out of the pot. Frantically, I unhooked therminator and quickly back-flushed and re-...

Sorry if this is a repeated question, but I couldn't find it. I have gotten my strike water chemistry down to hit target mash PH using water report and ez spreadsheet. Question is, what am I doing if my additions are to strike water only while sparge water stays at it's original 8.3 ph? If I...

I have had trouble getting wort cool enough to pitch right away. It's warm here most of the year and wort chiller will only get me down to about 88F or so and can take 1hr to do so. I have been pitching and putting into cooling fermentator I built, but of course because of activity remains in...

Is it a good idea to pre boil water before mixing with star san, or will sanitizer take care of whatever may be in the water?

My tank water here in Bermuda works fine for IPA's, but what would be (on a very basic level) an addition to make for darker beers? The more I read about water chemistry, the more confused I get. I don't have access to water testing lab for anything other than bacteria as we collect rainwater in...