I send my (tap) water in yearly to Ward labs: https://www.wardlab.com/product/water-test-kit/ The 'W-501 Brewers Test + Kit' : Comes to (currently) $42 They send you the kit, you fill up the vial, and mail it back to them, they email you the results. I plug those right back into Brewers Friend...

What do you plan on using it for? I have something slightly larger and vertical I've used for aluminum sandcasting.

Thanks, and sure! I'm on instagram as _ak_eric_ (three underscores)

pH in your water, from what I've read, and experienced, is (relatively) meaningless: pH is a balance between acidity & alkalinity, not an amount. So, If you have two (equal weight) elephants on either side of the teeter-totter, and another one with two gerbils :They'd both have the same pH, but...

CNC'd an adapter ring to make my K-RIMS setup be vertical this afternoon. Bunch of pics here: https://imgur.com/a/82vVI0Z

As someone (like all of us) that went from 'knowing nothing about how brewing water works' to... 'now knowing more than nothing' ;) : I was equally confused as Suga when I first started using the calculator : I didn't know enough about any of this to know what it should, or shouldn't do. I too...

Just to follow up: Brewed again on past Sunday. I calibrated my pH meter right before I did my reading. Based on the BrewersFriend water additions vs my malt profile, it estimated my pH should have been 5.52; When measured, it was 5.26 : While not what the estimator reported, closer than in...

Thanks @Yooper , find attached. I re-calibrated my meter last night: I was probably .2 points off from the solution, not good, drift for sure. Live and learn! :)

Yah, I realize that everything changes :) It's just my results have been so far off literally every time. That being said, like above, I'll start pre-calibrating it before each new brew and see if it gives results closer to the calculator. Thanks everyone.

Thanks everyone, some more info based on your questions: I calibrate every few months: Maybe I should do this before each brew. I chill the wort to room temp before reading (well, mid-70's, meter is calibrated to 68 I think) Water pH : I've been told this has no bearing on mash pH (John...

I have: A calibrated pH meter (reads accurate vs their calibration solutions) Recent water report from Ward Labs Since I've gotten my pH meter and been tracking this, I'm finding that if I add the salts/acids that BF recommends, the final pH is never even close to what the calculator says...

I've made two braggots and a mead so far. I don't have a lot of comment on your recipe, but I can recount my experiences if they would be of any help ;) The first was a "Simple Hoppy Extract Braggot" from the book "Make Mead Like A Viking" (page 147)...