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I have started using RO water for brewing and using water chemistry. I have been looking through some old post from MHB in regards to lactic acid dosage. Found one which he says .6ml per/kg will lower the ph by 0.1. He was referring to example of 9kg with a ph of 5.7 to 5.2. He says that is a...

Hi all, I have a question about the kegland digital gauge for the blowtie spunding valve. Is there an easy way to remove the gauge as i would like to replace the battery. There is a video that kegland have but it does not seem to be as easy as shown. I have heard that if you close the valve then...

Hi all. I have been using my digiboil mainly for BIAB. I have purchased an up grade which includes malt pipe ,support ring and bottom screen. I have been trying to setup a equipment profile in brewfather. I have read that people are using brewzilla 35l profile which has a 6.7 dead space. The...

As i have now purchased a digiboil 35l for doing BIAB. I no chill and have seen a couple of you tube clips of a where they use a 35l digiboil biab and leave it cool over night in the boiler. It is covered with glad wrap and the lid put on. This person then transfer the following day. I do have...

I am looking at purchasing a 30l beer me boiler for BIAB. As this has no temp control i am using my inkbird 308. I know i could get a digiboil 35 for the same job but as i am looking at between 15 and l8l using my fermenter king junior i feel this is a waste. My question is profile set up. I...

Hi everybody, I am looking at getting into larger volumes.At present only do 13l BIAB because of my equipment being a 19l bigW pot. As i have a fermenter king junior which is 18l i am looking at the T500 boiler. Does this have a controllable thermostat which i could use for mashing. I have a...

Looking at doing a 11l blonde ale. 1.042 OG 15ibu. It will be 98% pale ale malt and 2% light crystal. Wanting to add Raspberries at about day 3 or 4 to primary fermenter. Would 1kg be okay or should I add more. It will be fermented at 20 degrees using Kolsch dry yeast. Not sure whether to...

Hello. Need some advice for no chill hop schedule. Below is schedule for normal chill. 10 g (17 IBU) — Ella 15% — Boil — 60 min 20 g (11 IBU) — Ella 15% — Boil — 5 min 50 g (14 IBU) — Ella 15% — Aroma — 15 min hopstand @ 85 °C 80 g — Ella 15% — Dry Hop — day 5 Hopstand at 85 °C

I have done a test with my boil kettle to try and determine the expansion and shrinkage rate. My kettle is a Big W 19.5l 310mm diam. I used a set amount of tap water being 15.75ls being 200mm in depth. This was taken to the boil and took another reading and got 16.14ls 205mm. The .005 difference...

I have an 11l cube which i use for no chill. As my system uses a 19l kettle for mashing and boiling it only allows me to make 11l. I also have a 15l cube. Would i be able to make a high gravity 11l batch and put this into the 15l cube seal and roll it around to sanitize the extra space with the...

I would like some information on hop stand. I have seen on a lot of recipe they require a hop stand of 20mins at 82 degrees. As i no chill and use a single kettle system how can i go about this. Would i be able to use the hop stand hops and put them in the cube or add them to the dry hops amount.

Hi. Has anyone tested the pressure this fermenter can take. I am looking at putting a tube in the airlock hole connected to a spunding valve. Will put a gas disconnect in the lid also. If it holds a low pressure will use it for closed fermentation. This fermenter is 15l. I do closed fermenter to...

I am going to brew a hefeweizen in my Keg King Junior fermenter. As this is my first wheat beer to brew under pressure what psi should i set my spunding valve to. Will also be using M20 yeast as it will be an 11l batch. Will use about two thirds of a packet. Cheaper to waste dry yeast than...

Chasing some info on my inkbird. At present i am using a small mfridge for my fermentaion with a inkbird 308. I have it set at 20 degrees with 1 degree either side. As the weather is now getting cooler i am not using the cooling so the fridge is not starting. I have notice that the temperature...

Hi. I need some advice when it comes to no chill. As my setup allows me to brew 11l batches i would like make up to 15l. At present i use a 11l container . Also have a 15l no chill container. Can i put 11l in the 15 l container by adding 4 litres of hot water then chill or chill in the 11litre...

Hi All, I need some help with no chilling.If i have a recipe that has for example 30 ibu' made up of say 16g POW for 60mins and 10 g cascade for 10 mins. If i reduce the boil time to say 45 mins for POW and flame out for cascade this will increase my total ibu's. do i reduce my POW amount so i...

Hi all, I would like to know what happens to IBU's when it comes to dilution. As i only have a 19l pot i brew at a higher gravity then dilute in the fermenter to my batch size which is normally 13l. I scale recipes to suit 13l's this includes hops. I take the 13l OG and put it into a dilution...

Hi all, I have just recently purchased a inkbird 308 to use for my fridge. As i mainly brew ales and wheat recipes i would like to know what settings i should be using. As i am in Perth and the weather this time of year is quite warm i can not see a reason for using the heat set up.If need be...

Hi all, Is there a way that i can add more grains to the grain list in the kit and kilo spread sheet. I would like to add some base malts and honey malt. Also how do i add more line s to the main sheet grain section.

Hi All, Is the cooling shrinkage using immersion chillers the same amount as if i was using no chill method. Beersmith has .46l.