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Thank you guys for all the replies! Was interesting to read. I think I will make a jump to Brewfather, I have activated a trial and played around with it a bit. Imported my recipies from BS etc. The features I have been looking at in Brewfather has been layed out as i expected more or less. I...

I have been a BeerSmith user for a couple of years and this week my license expire. I am in two minds if I should renew the license or not. This post basically became a massive rant with my frustration with the BeerSmith program. I understand if most people cannot be bothered reading through it...

The recipe I brewed today was: Pilsner malt: 45% Unmalted wheat: 45% Flaked oats: 10% 30 min @ 50-55 C. Then a mash at 65 for about 75 min. Efficiency wise I got 75%. I am doing BIAB. So the brew day so far went OK. Lets see how it will turn out when its done!

I am making a Belgian Wit tomorrow and I am using unmaleted wheat that was crushed by the store. The pilsner malt came in one bag and the unmalted wheat togehter with flaked oats came in a second. I am unsure how I should mash this? Since the brew shop gave me the grains in different bags I...

I missed I got so many replies, sorry guys, and thank you! One think I have not been doing is ramping up the temp. I usually set it to 18-20C and keep it like that for usually 14 days then I bottle. I have a glass thermometer I bought from the brew shop and another regular kitchen therm. I will...

Hello! Never thought the day would come where I would ask this. But as I have had problem to get FG down to where I want it lately I thought it would be interesting to hear how you get a reliable result? I have done about 65 all grain batches by now and thought I would had nailed it by now, but...

Thanks for your reply. Looks like my supplier is all out of stock of Saison Yeast... Might have to got with the WLP400 anyway and hopefully that will be get close enough. Safale BE-134 yeast is available but I have never had good experience using dry yeast. Tried about 5 times and made 40...

So a summer party is coming up (1 month - bottling) and I have almost dried out! I have never brewed a saison but I wanted to try out a similar beer this time. To reduce the chance of stalling traditional saison yeast, I am planning using WLP400 for a more secure and rapid fermentation. Just...

Yeah, I can try and slow down the waterflow, would reduce the water consumption for sure without loosing to much performance.

Thanks for your response. I was very close to build a counterflow chiller myself, but since I move so much, i went with the smallest option. Yeah I think you are right, its not quite up for the job. I am curious to what setup is necessary to be able to chill 15-20 liters to 20C in 10-15 min as...

Hi all, I have always found that chilling the wort is the step with most hassle and I am looking for advice to improve performance. I usually do a 22 liter batch size and I am currently using a 12 plate counter flow chiller. The water pressure is decent but it is still taking me 30...

It's sure tricky! Ironically I had some water chemistry calculations in my degree, but not really targeted for Brewing :P But thankfully I have an OK overall understanding of it. Still find it tricky though when used for brewing and adjust it for you need and how to read water chem reports as...

Awesome thank you! That is the water i get delivered from Severn Trent here in Birmingham. Requested a water report from them.

Hi I got a waterprofile i want to use in beersmith but I have a question about Alkalinity. Here a few details. Calcium - 13.5mg Ca/l Alkalinity - 16.4mg CaCO3/l Alkalinity - 14.1mg HCO3-/l What I get confused about is that it list Alk 2 times. If i use HCO3 in BeerSmith it show...

Hi fellow brewers! I am about to move to England (Birmingham) from Norway and are looking for recommended retailers for home brew ingredients and equipment. I have not been completely satisfied with what I have found so far googling and maybe some of you can give me some advice!? I have...