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Until recently I thought I had a pretty good handle on my mash pH and chemistry but I just read something that made me question myself. In the May / June 2017 issue if Zymurgy, there is an article about mash pH. There wasn't anything new to me until I read this: "Once the sample has cooled...

Looking for some feedback. Have been reading all i can about he NE style IPA and hopfully this will get me close. Let me know what you think. I made a variation of this recipe last week, but even just tasting the sample from primary its not what i was going for. Good, but not a NE style IPA...

So recently made (kegged....made it 9 months ago) my first sour. i know its recommended practice to use certain equipment for sours only after it has been used for one, but curious as to how far i need to take this logic. Obviously i have now devoted that carboy, auto siphon, transfer tube...

I am absolutely LOVING this beer (even my non beer drinkning wife really likes it) so I figured it was time to try a clone. Couldnt find one out there already so i decided to formulate one myself. I took the stats from their site and started to formulate a recipe based on that...

So I am going to be making a Maple Pecan Pumpkin beer in the next day or so and am planning on doing a protein rest for the pumpkin and pecans. My question: since the other the grains are all fully modified and do not require a protein rest, do I leave them out and just do the rest with...

Ok so I haven't yet bought a mill but it's getting closer to the tip of my needs list as I get the rest of my system dialed a little better. I crush at my lhbs with what looks like a very nice electric mill. Noticed on a couple batches that there have been some whole grain coming through and...

I wanted to upgrade my burner setup a little and bought a banjo burner BG14 and decided to have a stand fabricated by a friend. i had him build what i thought looked like a failry standard stand from what i have seen, but i wanted somethign that could be welded into a single tier setup at a...

I want to build a closed system counterflow chiller and looking for some feedback and suggestions from the people in the know about this stuff. I already have a 50' counterflow chiller and honestly it works amazing. In the summer i have to hook it up to a pre-chiller that is submerged in an...

So i have a coleman 72qt mash tun and the bulkhead has a small leak. Do you think i just need 1 more silicone seal on the outside? I am considering just buying this: https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/truebulkheadfem.htm if the bulkhead is the issue. it MAY have been the one for a kettle...

Let me clarify, i need to know if anyone has a clue about odell's yeast?? I have read that it could be some english strain, but when i am building my recipe in beersmith, i dont have a clue what min / max attenuation and flocculation or temp ranges so i cant really add the yeast. I could use...

So i have started to get into adjusting my water more. Still readin about it and learning but think i know enough to start now. I have my water report from ward labs. inputted all the info into the sheet. and started stepping through all the pages.I was doing a pale and targeted a profile of...

I am brewing an Imperial oatmeal stout soon. Been messing with this recipe for a bit and think i finally have it where i am wanting. I am on the lower end of an imperial stout, but still mostly within range (color is high, hops a little low to be "true to style") but i dont want it too hoppy...

Ok, so this is has never happened to me. I have 5g of Caramel apple cider that has been fermenting for a week (temp controlled to 68 (+/- 1). Og started at 1.069 and i am at 1.048 now. I have made 2 other batches of the same cider and they fermented down to 1.010 in 5 days or less. I...

So i am building a copper manifold as close to palmers specs as i can make it. I started using a saw, but that got old after about 3 slits cut so i went and bought a dremel!... However, i now have a lot of debree in the inner tube and i dont know how to get it out. I suppose a stick with...

I went to lowes the other day and they had this cooler on sale for $50. So i bought one. Been looking to upgrade my 36qt for a while. Didnt realize til i got home where the port was for the drain.... Being that it is wheeled and angled down a little, i am now concerned that this wont make a...

Ok so I brewed a smoked vanilla porter about 3 weeks ago. Bottled most of it but I am still new to brewing and wanted to try something. I left about 2 gallons out and racked that on to one more bean to try and get more vanilla flavor. Problem is that there was already priming sugar used when I...

So i am going to be buying a new kettle. Planning on stepping it up to a 14/15 gal but not planning on 10g batches yet (i know i will be in the future though so thats why 15g). I have been reading a TON and researching, but am having a hard time picking the "right" kettle. I dont mind...

Ok, so i brewed a porter last sunday evening (1.069 OG). Fermentation started late monday, But by last night it was pretty much stopped and today i havent seen anything happening. Here was what i did, please let me know if you thinki should repitch or just let it go. I am fairly new and dont...

Here is my first attempt at my own porter recipe. Would love some feed back so please let me know what your suggestions are. Really dont know where i am going with the yeast strain yet. I have Dennys50 plugged into the recipe, but debating on changing that to WL002 london ale yeast maybe too...