While working on water chem for my next hefe-weissbier. The mash calc isn't pulling water adjustments into the recipe. steps I've done: 1. save recipe 2. link recipe to water calc 3. input water adjustments and save 4. update recipe and save when doing step 4 it is clearing the values in the...

After years of assuming I was close with my water ion levels derived from inter-web searching, blog posts, and local water reports from adjacent towns; I broke down and sent a sample to Ward Labs. #feelsgood The results are in and WOW my estimates were way off base Estimate Ca-152 Mg-11...

Hello good people, As a background for recipe, my family had been hosting a exchange student from northern German and I have promised him we would try to brew weissbier during his stay with us. His favorite is Erdinger and from I’ve been able to find from the web and other sources I’ve come up...

Recently I was toying with a recipe to use some of the hops that I'm growing. It really doesn't look like selecting fresh hop option accounts for water weight in to hop cone [slight reduction of IBUs ]? How does BF treat this option ? Thanks

Setting up for a double brewday and my LHBS is out of 2565 kolsch yeast and suggests S-23 as a sub. No mention of kolsch on the website- is it going to lack the kolschiness of the wyeast ? What say you S 23 users? @jeffpn ever use a dry yeast ?

Just one short week left before I head to my 2nd favorite state- Michigan . It'll be fun to finally catch up with wife and kids and enjoy some MIbeer around the campfire. Sadly, they'll be below the bridge when I get there...but I get to refill a growler at storm cloud brewery that will make up...

Fellow brewers Just logged in to checkout bootleg biology selection from the most recent update. Looks like (on my iPhone ) that the yeast are not being sorted by brand. Choosing wyeast,dan star,bootleg..ect all showing the complete list starting with lacto and continues in order from there...

lookong ahead to spring diy projects, I'm planning on constructing a 15 gal mash tun. I plan on making it direct fire for my new 2 tier recirculating system. So here is the problem I'm wanting the direct fire but also want a center bottom drain instead of a pickup tube. Would that bottom tube...

My slow downward spiral down the mixed fermentation rabbit hole just got turned UP! Super excited to try this bad boy out

messing around with my new pH meter ...and I guess I have some questions lol ran my water numbers +gist through our water calc and it forecasted a pH of approx 5.4 cool. I tested my mash after 15 mins post dough in and got a reading of 5.86 ; I bought 10% phosphoric acid and for the life of me...

This Lazy winter Brewer finally getting back to work. Steering the brewery into funky town, Friday morning can't get here soon enough :) http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/465365/-merican-funk

The information and tools with brewers friend never cease to amaze me. I've been using this site for over a year and logged more than a few brew days with it. One would think by now I would have found all the different things that make brew day easier and more successful. Nope. While brewing...

So I have a a full kegerator and cold crashing the fermenter today ...has anyone had good results priming a brew in the keg? Feels like I got at least 10 days till next keg kicks, and was thinking why not save some gas and let my yeasties carb up my LPX Any takers ??

Quick poll of the users here. What are your opinions good or bad of the acquisition? Where do most of the people here get their brewing supplies.

So pretty basic question here. Reading through Mosers "mastering homebrew" and in the discussion on sparging techniques, He talks about tannin extraction with extended sparging or multiple batch sparges. While I haven't found tannin extraction to be an issue with my brewing, I'm also always on...

I wanted to give a quick shoutout and big thumbs-up to the developers!!! I keg 98% of the time but, while racking an APA a month ago I had about a liter or so left in the fermenter and not wanting to waste it, put it in a liter swing top to give to a friend. I Input all the info into the priming...

Preparing for brew day coming up. I'm wanting an XPA that is very orange in color hop forward , with just enough malt to keep it in balance What do you think ? Anyone had good luck producing a ale with that warm glowing orange color? http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/366820/lpx

So I get a msg from my LHBS that they are holding a BSG pallet sale in October (pricing @silly low level) Looking at my inventory, and I'm down to around 20# of my kolsch malt. Tough zeroing in on 55lbs of one variety. Posting a poll gimme your feedback! Prost!

So wedding party blew both kegs I provided at the reception this weekend :D so now it's on to planning phase on what to refill them with. SWMBO requires an IPA and the other I've been dreaming of a chocolate bock. OG 1.065 ish schill kolsch malt munich 10L caramunich II german bock yeast caoca...