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Thank you for that info. 4.1 oz. or 115 g. Great, is there an ideal time when to add the lactose to the boil or does it matter ?

Thank you all for those informative, interesting, and not incongruous answers. In - - what ? Well I have been making decent beer, drinkable at least for about 10 years. I prefer amber ales, but just for a challenge I wanted to try a stout; it's in the fermenter right now; blow-off tube attached...

Thanks Dave. Yes, I remember reading about commercial brewers using sulfuric acid ; not for me ! I just don't get that my water test showed only 3ppm. for sulfate. When I look at world wide cities and a balanced profile @ 80. it makes a brewer's life difficult. Why so low ? I think I should have...

Calcium is 36.8 ppm. so yes I can add Gypsum and I did add 3 tsp. to a 5G homebrew today. I just thought there might be a solution to add a chemical to increase just the sulfate ; when I look at other cities, word wide, I don't understand how my water has only 3ppm. SO4. I posted my water...

Good day. I have done a lot of reading on water chemistry but cannot find an answer about raising just the sulfate level. I had my home water tested at Simple Labs. and most ions are in an acceptable level, with the exception of SO4. At 2.9 ppm. I find this extremely low and do not know how I...

Good day. I'm new here. Not entirely new to brewing though. I just wondered if anyone grows their own barley. Is it worth the work?

Yes, thank you for the welcome messages. I am looking forward to getting involved with my fellow brewers. I think the title ," Brewers Friend", says it all. Have you ever met a brewer who was not friendly ? Well, at least to a fellow brewer ! I need some advice on posting. I have just...

Hello. I have been homebrewing about 5 years, most of my brews from kits using extract. I have just started all grain and done 2 okay brews so far. I made the mash vessel from a 10 gallon Igloo cooler, have a 14 G. kettle and 2 conical fermenters that hold a max. 7 G. I do not have temperature...