Thanks again. I will check pH today (Milwaukee PH56), but cannot check salt/ion concentrations.

Hello Nosybear, Thank you for your prompt reply and the methodology. I appreciate it. Yes, 24 points seems very high for the sap. What I'd like to do is be able to plug the sap into the BF Fermentables list for my recipe. I've done that for one of my methods using sap and it "seems" to work...

Hello, I am in the process of collecting maple sap to brew a pale ale. Sap is Potential Alcohol of 2%, or SG=1.012. My quandary is how to allow for this in my recipe. It is a 5.5 gallon batch and I would be using the sap for the infusion and sparge water; total of 8 gallons. I am thinking of...

OK, thanks again! For 5.2 gallons @ ~70F and 2.7 volumes, I'm getting between 4.7 and 5.2 ounces of dextrose. So I am going to use 5.1 ounces. I have a mixture of bottles; some lever-top and some brands (New Belgium and Dog Fish) of metal cap bottles that I think may be slightly thicker than...

Danke sbaclimber, So maybe use 70F? if you go + or - about 5 degrees F or more the sugar amounts are quite different. I've put a lot of time into this beer so don;t want it flat or bottle bombs.....

Hello, I will be bottling a Matilda clone soon and am not certain as to priming sugar amount. it was fermented at 70F and then bumped-up to ~ 85F for the B. bruxxelensis in the primary. Temp has been reduced to ~ 65F for a few days and I would like to bottle in two days. Should I use 65F...

OK, thanks for the replies! As a brewer and beekeeper, I will try to address them as best I can. Honey is a mixture of fructose and glucose, plus some other good stuff. If you keep the water content <18%, no bugs will grow due to osmotic pressure and the anti-bacterial stuff in the honey...

Hello All Replies, Thank you very much. I can see that I have actually touched upon two issues here: When to introduce the honey and how it affects the boil gravity as per BF recipe. Probably, since I am a beekeeper, I treat the honey very "gently". I do not heat it above 120F and do no...

Hello BF Forum, I have a question about late additions and boil gravity. Since I am a beekeeper, I typically will add 0.5 to 1.0 pounds of honey to my brews. I do this when then wort is chilled to ~ 110F as this preserves the "good stuff" in the honey. When I am generating a recipe, I check...

Thanks JA! Yep, I had 0.0 lbs. for carapils. Removed that malt...no problem.

I'm getting the message: " Error: Fermentable Amount is too low: .0 " Should I check my diastatic power?