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I brew with a Braumeister 50 and use reverse osmosis water. My recipes are generated by Beersmith which also makes the water adjustment calculations for me. I like to brew large batches to go into my 1/2bbl fermenter which don't fit in the Braumeister. What I tend to do is brew, sparge and then...

I've got a SS Brewtech Unitank in which there is a carb stone which I have never used. So far it has just been there to plug the hole in the side of the tank. I've now decided to use it to oxygenate the wort before fermentation starts. I've connected it to an oxygen cylinder and immersed it in...

I'm currently using a Blichmann plate chiller to chill the wort to 20deg C on the way to the fermenter from my Braumeister. If I cut out the plate chiller and just transfer the wort straight to the fermenter at 80 deg C this would cut out a lot of risk of infection in the chiller and make the...

I currently oxygenated my wort with a stone after it has been cooled with a plate chiller. I've just had a thought that perhaps I could skip the oxygenation as it goes through the plate chiller and use the airstone in my SS Brewtech Unitank. It sort of feels like a good idea but I'm not sure...

I'm considering doing a high ABV brew with a double mash. I'm using Beersmith 3 and I'm familiar with using it. For my single mash brews I have set BH efficiency at 72% and this seems to be pretty accurate for normal session beers. I thought I'd have a go at a double mash. If the efficiency of...

I'm considering a RO filter but can't decide on 4 or 5 stage. The aim is to give me a blank sheet so that I can add the salts I want. The water in my area is very hard so great for stouts but not for hoppy pale ales. Suggestions?

Has anyone used the Beersmith 3 water adjustment? I normally use BrunWater and have done for many years but I thought I'd have a look at what Beersmith 3 offers just 'cos it's raining outside and I've not got a brew to do. I seems to come back with some strange numbers.

I've been brewing with Braumeister for about 7 years now and have brewed over 6,700L so far - I've no idea where it's all gone! The consistent problem I have always had is hitting target OG on high ABV brews. When I brew a 5% or lower I pretty much hit target every time. However, when I try to...

Seems PBW is no longer available in the UK so (as mentioned in another thread) I tried Chemclean which was advertised as a direct replacement to PBW. This turned out not to be the case because it foams and is therefore useless with CIP spray balls. Caustic Soda has been suggested but that looks...

Until recently I always used PBW and was happy with it. The suppliers in the UK seem to have dumped PBW in favour of Chemclean so I had to switch to that. It's advertised as a direct replacement to PBW but when I CIP my SS Brewtech Unitank I end up with a room full of suds which takes 20+ rinses...

I have a Braumeister 50L and a temperature controlled SS Brewtech Unitank. I use Beersmith (and have been doing for a number of years) to design my recipes. I have recently adjusted my mash schedule to reduce the mash time as I have read that a multi stage mash is not really essential these days...

I consistently have mash efficiency problems with my Braumeister brews. I've just upgraded to a 50L after using a 20L for about 4 years but I've always struggled with the efficiency of the mash. I've just done a brew which was supposed to come out at 5% but I'll be lucky if it hits 4%. I crush...

I brew 5 gallon batches and if I'm using a new liquid yeast I make a starter of 10% DME and add one pack of yeast. After the brew I harvest the yeast and then for the next brew, I make another starter but I can't decide how much harvested yeast should I add? The volume of harvested yeast I have...

I've built myself a Chillwizard clone using a March May pump, a Therminator and an temp probe and oxygenator. I've not tried it on a brew yet as still practicing the process using water. I'm happy with the backflush to clean it and running PBW through it but what I can't work out is how to clear...

I'm doing all grain brews and conditioning in a 5 gal King Keg. I prime using dissolved DME but I can't work out how much to use. I've been using about 50g but not sure whether this is OK. Sometimes I get quite a pressure build up in the keg. I also use Mini Kegs which hold 5 litres each but I...

I've been using Beersmith2 with great success brewing light and medium body ales with a Braumeister 20l. The recipes seems to be pretty accurate with regards to the OG when I brew light and medium body but as soon as I try a full body mash I always miss the OG by a fair amount. For a light body...

I'm brewing a 5.1% abv light ale which after the boil had a SG of 1.053 which was spot on with the BeerSmith prediction. I oxygenated the wort with pure O2 when I transferred it from the boiler to the conical fermenter and I'm holding the temperature steady at 21 degC with a Ranco Electronic...

I'm doing some water adjustment to get my water to a pale ale type which means I need to get the calcium level from 25ppm (my water supply after decarbonation) to 140ppm. It's only 25 litres that I'm treating and I can get to the desired levels but to adjust the mash pH to 5.4 (ish) I need to...

I generally brew light beers around the 5% ABV mark. I have one stainless steel fermenter so I can't start another brew until the fermenter has been freed up. Yeast activity finishes in about three days and the FG is about right after this time too. Does the beer need to stay in the fermenter...

On the brew I'm on now, I over estimated the boil off volume so I've ended up with too much volume and therefore a lower gravity. The bittering hops went after 30 mins and I put the irish moss in too (10 mins before the end if I'd stuck with a 90 min boil) but have not yet added the aroma hops...