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S'pose I just had the wrong idea about the flaked adjuncts from the beginning; This would explain a lot about why it would always look great in fermentation and then just look half-assed after kegging. Thanks for clearing (heh) things up. I'm all for trying new adjuncts and experiments, so I'll...

Happy new year everybody, Recently I've been back to improving some recipes. I am not much a fan of making Hazy/NEIPA beers, but I have a few people to impress. In the past couple months I have created and adjusted my recipe over 6 times and each time I'm not very impressed with the haze. With...

I might have to check out Beersmith just to give that a try. I've just been using the Brewersfriend water chemistry calculator since it is quite basic and I can get a good range on what to measure, but I would say that it's not giving me the numbers I want to be able to rely and write down. The...

I've been winging most of my water adjustments for the better part of a year now. My brewhouse setup is 3 1/2bbl kettles each respective to the HLT, mash tun, and boil kettle. I'm getting tired of scratching my head when calculating water profiles since when I need to get it right, I haven't...

I've just been using BrewersFriend advanced water calculator for my stuff lately. Need to get excel to upgrade to Bru'nWater. I will onvest in a TDS tomorrow, but I'll be using entirely RO water for my Kölsch tomorrow...

Alright I'll recal tomorrow morning before the brew. Thanks for the tips, gents!

Hey yo! So, I've had this Hanna pH meter for about under a year now and it hasn't had much of an issue until my last 4 brews where it was just reading far under what I typically get for my beers (5.2-5.5). This thing was starting to read closer to 4.6-5.1. I needed to calibrate what pH my new RO...

So, would that be a direct translation to avg. ppg? If I were to pitch in 3lbs of it and calculated it for a 6gal batch 0.15 x (3/6) = 0.075 points would that be correct? Or would that not matter as it is in the boil and not calculated as a whole to the PPG of the mash?

Hello everyone! I am currently trying to create a new recipe for a peanut butter chocolate stout (very daring and original, yes) but I have known about the use of PB2 near end boil or even fermentation. I was looking at throwing my portion in at the end of the boil, but I have a question about...

Yes, that was a mistake. I meant to type cm but had mm on the mind. 0.4mm would be accurate. As far as salts go, I do not use any. I live in an extremely rural area and use water bypassed from my water softener and through an RV filter. I have not taken a water sample, but I do have the water...

That sounds like something fun to try out next time. I have an irish red to brew coming up so I'll give it a shot this weekend. -Grains are crushed by me in a standard 2-roller at 0.04mm. Looked about the same as it always does, no full husks or un-cracked grain. -Gravity is read between both...

Hello everyone. I've been going back and recreating some of my first recipes and I'm starting to get upset with my inconsistencies. Most of my concern is focused on the efficiency of my system; not knowing the limits or full capabilities of my system are probably affecting my results. I'm...

Thanks for the help, gentlemen! I'll be more the wiser going forward and not have to worry about a late night beer keeping me, or my guests awake!

Hello everyone, I have a question about my cacao nibs. A week ago I dry-nibbed about 3.5 gallons of a Porter with 8oz. of nibs, but I took them out after 4 days of soaking. I had some people over to try it, but got asked how much caffeine would be in the beer by the influence of cacao nibs. I...

Wondering if there are any golf enthusiasts that browse and brew. What are your favorite styles or specific beers to drink while your out on 18 and prepping for hole 19?

Awesome. Thanks so much for your help!

Okay, so would you say having 8oz. I should take it out in maybe 4 or 5 days? I really need to order another beer line that is separate from my keg chest so I can do closed transfers lol

I'm not really sure if I added too much, but I don't think that will be much of a problem. However, I am wondering if I should ever take them out of the keg at a certain time, or can I just leave them in there until the keg is all drank?

Hello everyone! Today I kegged my coconut porter, but I felt like it would be cool to add 8oz. of cocao nibs in a hop sock into the keg. Has anyone previously done this and if so what was your experience? I'm not really sure what I'm doing with them at this point but I thought I'd wing it and...

Hey guys, there is a sale going on at a local homebrew supply near me that is taking requests for Omega, White Labs, Wyeast, and Imperial strains. I'm not really sure what to get and was wondering if anyone had some good recommendations. I'm pretty open to trying new styles, so I wouldn't reject...