Yeah your right, after giving it some thought I realized that's a pretty bad idea... don't do that haha

Gelatin finings can sometimes coagulate and settle in the bottles. Changing the fining agent to something like Polyclar or Biofine Clear, sounds like a good idea to me. Those fining agents work differently than gelatin and can have better results regarding sediment. Maybe you want to experiment...

Adding sugar to a beer recipe can raise the original gravity (OG), and can affect the final gravity (FG) depending on when and how the sugar is added. When sugar is added at the end of the boil, it is usually fully fermentable. This raises the OG because the sugar contributes to the total sugar...

thanks for the advice, I think it should end up fine. Right now it is still actively fermenting, but its about to be done. I should have been more specific, it's hard to describe the off flavor... like a really pungent yeast flavor is the best way I could describe it.

During my fermentation I kind of neglected the fact that I don't want to be introducing any oxygen into my brew, not to say that it was exposed to tons of it, but I took the airlock off a few times and even gave it a taste which is funny because while tasting it I realized the problem, but by...

sweet, gotta love this forum with such quick responses, thanks all

ok good to hear:D

Hey peeples, I brewed an all grain batch this morning, but I noticed the mash was at around 148 instead of the 154 I wanted. I realized it was because I measured the grain temp the day before, and now it was a bit cooler, also I didn't pre-heat the mash tun. So what I decided to do was boil a...

ok thats good to know, will do, thanks!

interesting... crazy to me how much can go into something that seems so simple. I read up a bit on yeast starters and oxygen a while ago before I saw this, but my budget right now is too tight, so no stir plate for me, but I happened to have a micro air pump and some silicon tubing. So I went...

wow so buying the minerals isn't really a problem huh. With all the calculators online I think seasoning my RO shouldn't be a problem, I guess I'll spend a few extra bucks on spring water until the seasoning comes in.

@Sunfire96 Thanks, since I'm super new to brewing I'll keep it simple until I know enough to have a goal in mind:D Cheers!

Thanks all! Alright so until I can get a water report and Campden tablets, I'll definitely use the RO water. I'm wondering - @Minbari said RO water is nearly 0 tds - like a clean slate. So would adding Campden tablets to my tap make it a clean slate or just get rid of chlorine/chloramine yet...

So I just got into brewing and decided to start with all grain brewing. I got everything set up from a nice collection of malts to my DIY mash tun, I'm about to do my first brew session tomorrow but I keep running into the question of what water to use. I always knew our tap water was on the...