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Single infusion mash, 60 min boil, recipe OG 1086 attained, 2.75 liter starter w/3 vials wlp833, fermented at *50 exactly, final gravity by recipe 1020, after week 1-1040, after week 2-1030, today is week 3-still 1030, Now what???

I have an extract recipe from CP, that calls for boiling the DME in 1.5 gals water, 45mins. Then add to fermenter and top up to 5 gals. w/cold water. My ? is, could I or should I boil the entire 5 gals in my garage, as I am an all grain brewer and have equip. to do it?

Did my usual water calc. to have 6 gal in fermenter after the boil. It has consistently worked for me. Ended up w/4gal in the fermenter. Way short. Gravity was right on 1.050. Needed to top up to at least 5 gal. Can you make a 1 gal batch of 1.050 wort on the stove w/RO water and some DME to top...

German wheat almost done with primary fermentation. Gonna cold crash w/isinglass or gelatin. Should I do that in the primary or rack to secondary fermenter?

Local water is supposedly good for beer, but needs the chloramines removed. I believe it's 1 campden tablet to 5 gals-----right.

Just getting back to brewing after a 2 year hiatus. Have some relearning to do. I have what would be considered pretty good water for brewing where I live. But it is treated with Chloramines. I read where a crushed Campden tablet will take care of the Chloramines in 5 gallons. But the Campden...

Is there such a thing as to vigorous of a rolling boil? Yesterday I brewed a Rye. Pre boil volume, 9.38 gal. 90 min boil. When I racked to the fermenter there was barely 5.25 gal. Maybe my interpretation of a rolling boil isn't right. Thanx for any help.

I have a polarware 40 qt pot as my boil kettle. Thought I should confirm the evaporation rate of the kettle for brewing software. I have a measure stick already marked. I started with 8 gal water. When it came to a rolling boil I started the 60 min timer. At the end of the boil it had boiled off...

2 room temp Cal. Ale in 1 litre starter beer at 70* Stir plate doing its job. Yeast well within its use by date. No kraesen what so ever. Looked like flat beer swirling in the flask. Left it overnight, no action. Thought that sanitizing the flask with Star San was the culprit. I boil my beer in...

I use a SS hose in the bottom of my 10 gal MLT to drain my mash. Am fixing to brew my 1st wheat beer(I don't like it, it's for someone else). What are some of your suggestions to prevent a stuck sparge. I keep reading about rice hulls, but I thought that was for the false bottom MLT's. Thanx.

Using RO water how much phosphoric acid takes the PH from 7.44 down to 5.5? There are post out there that say treat all brewing liquor to 5.5. Gordon Strong says that, among other reputable brewers. Do you leave the PH probe in the 5 gal RO jug until it stops? I think I added 1.5 ml to each 5...

Recently bought a recirc wort chiller. Any recommendations on a good pump to pump the ice water through the chiller?

I have had a ph55 for a while now. Haven't brewed since last spring, due to not being able to cool chiller water from the garden hose. Ph meter was not under water the whole time. Is this meter good or bad. If I am going to continue with it, I will have to get solutions for recalibration. Just...