Jim's Beer Kit

That was to get the right number of zeros after the four.

Anyway, having water with alkalinity equivalent to 255mg/L CaCO3 makes water treatment simple for brewing stouts.

1.399972? Call it 1.40?

1/(1-1/3.5) using fractions.....
=1/(1-2/7)
=1/(7/7-2/7)
=1/(5/7)
=7/5
=1+(2/5)
=1.400000000


Bloody calculators.

Indeed it is excellent, and there is undeniably nothing else like it, but it has a serious Achilles heel. It relies heavily upon calcium carbonate, and it presumes that calcium carbonate both fully dissolves and dissociates into ions, just as for other calcium species such as gypsum and calcium chl...

Tape the Inbird Sensor to the fv with bubble wrap covering it. The vial of steriliser will have a different thermal mass to your full fv. Indeed it will. which way and with what effect is the unknown. WLP002 is a well respected yeast, particularly its ability to flocculate. I would certainly give i...

No, you won't have overpitched, but it ought to have been at FG by now. Checking your hydrometer in tapwater should be enough to find if it might be out by much for measuring atowards the end of primary fermentation. What yeast, original gravity and temperatures? Sounds as if it might need rousing a...

Without having a sample of your water analysed you will, forever, either be in doubt, denial or both of those. That said, if your water is as soft as it appears, any errors or deviations from the norm should be inconsequential. If you don't already have one, I would advise you buy a cheap TDS meter ...

NEIPA is an American homebrew style and therefore one might assume the desired brew liquor will conform with American homebrew's understanding and beliefs. Those differ to British understanding and beliefs. Assuming you have correctly replicate the required water profile it may not be impossible to ...

Assuming both probes are similar to the one I bought some time since, the storage holder is very small and will soon dry if it not properly tightened or there is spillage. I would hope and expect after a good soak in storage solution the probe should be fine. My replacement has lasted much longer th...

A pH probe is usually stored in a near saturated solution of potassium chloride and suggest in your case the water has evaporated to leave those crystals. Potassium chloride solution is also that inside the probe and as you correctly assume, is topped when necessary using the syringe through that ho...

Brewing Elements Water has it around there too at 600ppm. Pretty heavy however so unless you’re brewing historic beers my taste is personally at at least half that. At work for the basic pale I’m at a much more sensible 3:1 with 150/60ppm and it’s much nicer. On several occasions I've brewed near t...

The influence of crystal malt on mash pH is frequently underestimated and can be much more than dark kilned malts and grains. Your recipe has approximately 9% of grist that in themselves would mash at a lower pH than would be desirable. The recipe will be somewhat similar in terms of pH to Dave Line...

That probe has a little hole in a blue collar around the top, and comes with a syringe. Why? My original voltcraft probe didn't have either. I can only guess it's to fill the probe with some kind of solution. No, my original didn't either, possible the reason for its early demise. The hole has 2 fu...

The original probe for the same type of meter didn't last a year. My replacement was the same as Orlando's, I can't remember when, but it was several years since and it calibrates perfectly in seconds. Doubt I'll be as lucky next time.

I am not in the UK, Im in Sweden (have updated my profile). I will play around with the additions a little to get close to your suggestions above. Many thanks for all the help, its appreciated. Thank you, that's interesting to know. What can you tell me about your local geology. Your water profile ...

Thank you all for the replies, especially Eric. Why are you putting what appears to have been decent brewing water through an ion exchange water softener? I am not using a water softener, I have well water and it is very soft. I had my water tested. I think I have some more reading up to do on wate...