My wife loves this beer, looks like i found my next brew.

I would use food grade lube such as Keg lube.

I have a meter I was just nailing a few other processes down before moving to PH and honestly didn't think PH had that much of an impact other than making good beer, great. But it seems that this is the next challenge to tackle, I've got acid on the way.

I haven't dabbled in acids just yet, guess it time to start. i have some of the 5.2 perfect mash or whatever 5 star labels there PH adjuster but heard that it doesn't do a whole lot.

Title: Smash 1 Brew Method: BIAB Style Name: American Pale Ale Boil Time: 60 min Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume) Boil Size: 6 gallons Boil Gravity: 1.047 Efficiency: 77% (brew house) Hop Utilization Multiplier: 0.99 STATS: Original Gravity: 1.057 Final Gravity: 1.016 ABV (standard)...

I used 5g Gypsum for the last batch as i was targeting Light colored and hoppy.

I use RO water and treat based on style. So as a changing variable I didn't pin that as the source.

More like Cheerios's

after the last 4 or 5 brews they all have a common off flavor. Best described as "cereal" or "grain like" I just cant places it, all have been varying styles with malts from different maltsters and different yeasts. I tried to narrow it down by doing a simple SMaSH and it still has the same...

Im interested in a Pi myself as I have an eye on a tilt soon, the others I have seen can run a small untapped menu for a draft system and can keep track of keg volumes.

https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1633/vanilla-cream-ale This was the recipe it called for 5 and i did add flaked oats and flaked barley, so seems like that may have caused the oil.

I did this with 2 beans and added it to the keg at transfer the small was fantastic but yes so expensive 17 bucks for 2 beans. But for costs sake i went with the extracts for the other additions seems like it was a mistake.

Guess i should have clearified it was an AG batch I was referencing the Vanilla extract, on that note if you make your own ie Vanilla beans and vodka can you avoid the slick?

Anyone else experiance an oil slick when using extracts, I added 4 Oz of vanilla 2 in the boil and 2 in the secondary and now after carbing each pint has a shiny oil slick on the top. Still tastes great BUT... I'd like it to do well in the compititon. As this is my first with using extracts I'm...

You could prime each bottle but this can lead to differing levels of carbination because you arnt able to be exact.

If you like science heres how it works in a sciency way https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/finings

As for the DC/NOVA area we have tons of NEIPAs but then you get some guys out there doing fantastic Imperial Red IPAs, but most are one off's. NEIPA dominates here but everyone seems very niche here, with oh we are a sour house and oh we only do pastry stouts or BB- aged stouts and some of the...

Ill be in Geneva around the end of april, I went last year in January and couldn't find craft beer for the life of me. Any places to look for?

interestingly enough I have a Cream ale going that has a krausen that hasnt fallen after 5 days the "foam" looks like beer foam but i can still see visable activity from yeast floaters but the common thing is I too used flaked barley but not flaked oats i used flaked white wheat niether of which...

Im not worried about any of that I was just looking at receipe formulation and tracking though BF Pre boil was 1.048 after steeping some flaked white wheat and flaked barley and boil OG Post was 1.060. I also wish it was free but the 30 bucks gets you 6ish gallons of wort and entry into the...