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I'm trying to wrap my head around the water chemistry. If my "recommended" SRM based on Palmer's chart (here: http://www.howtobrew.com/images/f83.pdf) gives me roughly 13SRM, is that for the final beer or the mash only? For example, I can come up with a 5gal Bass clone that is at 13SRM, but...

Here's my report for 2011 from Cincinnati. There are two water providers, Miller (east/central) and Bolton (north/northwest). Bicarbonate is calculated based on Palmer's documentation. Hopefully this is helpful. I'm very new to water chemistry and still trying to figure it out. Did I miss...

Hi guys. Just a quick question. What are the odds of leaving behind all yeast at bottling time so that there are no yeasties left for carbonation? I did 2.5 week primary fermentation then bottled my beer. I made a normal batch of about 48 beers + 5 beers from the last 6" that I like to use...

So I "cleared house", so to speak, last night. I had some freezer hops that were browning, and random grain from craigslist that needed taken care of. Specifically debittered black malt. I had bits and pieces of hops packets from previous batches, so I also used the hops substitution chart to...

Hi all. I bought some grain on craigslist a month ago and got a nice deal. About $35 worth in grain and hops for $12 :) In short, I have the best kind of problem. Too much grain! The thing is, I have no idea what to do with this giant bag of Dingemann's Debittered Black Malt. I must have 3# of...

Hi everyone. So I made a brew last week with a brand new 20 Quart brew pot that my wife gave me for Christmas. I was going to brew up 3 gallons of this IPA (based on Lagunita's IPA but modified for what I had on hand. It was Sunday and I got the itch! Beer store was closed). Hopville ...

Hi. Simple question. I've read that higher gravity makes isomerization of hops less efficient. I also notice in my hopville calculator that the IBUs can change substantially if I have, say, 60% extract vs 0% extract. If I added extract at 60min, there would be no harm because it would be...

Hi everyone. I love Lagunitas and I am very excited to see that they worked with the crew @ Can You Brew It to give cloned recipes of their IPA, Maximus IPA, Censored Ale, Brown Shugga, and Little Sumpin' Sumpin'. It is interesting to see what all of them have in common and what hops are used a...

Hi everyone. Simple question. I made two beers with the same amount of dry-hopping but they turned out much different. One was a two hearted clone (extract + steep) with .2oz per gallon Centennial 9% pellets. 55IBU, 6% ABV, 1.011 FG 2-row extract, vienna, 60L crystal, cara-pils all...