Comments on Ted's Homebrew Journal: Big Batch Small Beer

I have yet to brew my first batch and it will prob...

2009-09-17T12:57:52.445-06:00

I have yet to brew my first batch and it will probably be with an extract kit. Is lowering the alcohol content as simple as lowering the sugar? Or, should I not even try it until I have some experience?

Thanks,
Will

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2009-09-08T16:39:34.838-06:00

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Let me know if you are interested.

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Hey Russ, good question. Instead of dumping all o...

2009-09-05T16:03:46.234-06:00

Hey Russ, good question.

Instead of dumping all of the gypsum for the batch into the strike water, I ration the gypsum (for the total volume of water) into two vessels...strike and sparge. Usually, I'll skip any addition in the mash out water.

Not sure if I read this somewhere in the past, but I add the salt to the sparge water in case it may interfere with the enzymatic mashing process of the sacch rest.

Here, I checked the pH of the water, and it definitely needed some acid blend to get it into the right 5.2 range of pH. I added this gradually.

I suck when it comes to water treatment. I underst...

2009-09-05T15:52:19.182-06:00

I suck when it comes to water treatment. I understand the acid blend in the sparge water (I always add a little to my hot liquor tank) but why did you add the gypsum and salt as well?