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[neddles]

No idea if it matters but I always put my Brewtan in with the grain.

[HVB]

No wussy. I would not have brewed with it. 

Same!

No idea if it matters but I always put my Brewtan in with the grain.

And same again

[Big Nake]

I add the ¼ tsp of brewtan to the strike water along with acid, CaCl and CaSO4 but I can't imagine that it makes much of a difference.

[positiveContact]

so i put the brewtan in the kettle while it was draining.  so now there is some water in both kettle and MT with brewtan in it.  i'm going to wait a minute and see if one or both turn green.

so if nothing turns green here I'm WTFing big time.

[Big Nake]

I'm disappointed that there hasn't been a St. Patrick's Day reference yet. You guys are slipping.

[positiveContact]

nothing turning green yet....

ugh.  so now I really have to wonder about the water I used for the starter.

 

here's to hoping it was the MT so that the starter water is A-OK since it was never in the MT???

Edited by Evil_Morty, 04 November 2016 - 06:57 AM.

[neddles]

nothing turning green yet....

ugh.  so now I really have to wonder about the water I used for the starter.

 

here's to hoping it was the MT so that the starter water is A-OK since it was never in the MT???

But it was green in the kettle before you moved it to the tun/cooler, right?

[positiveContact]

so is there a health/safety or flavor concern with this reaction?

 

i mean, if it's purely a color issue I'd never notice it in the final beer (porter).  this thing is going to be black.  i just don't want to make perfect wort now and possibly mess something up with the starter made with the water that turned green probably due to brewtan interacting with something (not sure what???).

But it was green in the kettle before you moved it to the tun/cooler, right?

 

maybe just a little bit.

 

it didn't REALLY turn green until it went in the mash tun.

Edited by Evil_Morty, 04 November 2016 - 07:01 AM.

[neddles]

maybe just a little bit.

 

it didn't REALLY turn green until it went in the mash tun.

...and it probably splashed a bit on the way in… Oxygen is to blame!

[positiveContact]

FUCK!  MASH TUN WATER IS TURNING GREEN!

now what????

and i just milled the grain too.  fucking A!!!

[positiveContact]

FUCK IT ALL.  i'm making this beer.  i just tasted some of the greenish water and it tastes fine.

[neddles]

####!  MASH TUN WATER IS TURNING GREEN!

now what????

and i just milled the grain too.  ####ing A!!!

 

#### IT ALL.  i'm making this beer.  i just tasted some of the greenish water and it tastes fine.

Whoa!

[matt6150]

I just read through this. This is very weird. I have always added brewtan after my grain, I wonder if that has anything to do with it. Curious how it looks after you mash in.

[HVB]

I just read through this. This is very weird. I have always added brewtan after my grain, I wonder if that has anything to do with it. Curious how it looks after you mash in.

I wish this was not a porter so we could get a better idea. 

 

Oh well... brew on Morty!!

[positiveContact]

I wish this was not a porter so we could get a better idea. 

 

Oh well... brew on Morty!!

 

yeah - it's just going to look black so I won't really know.

it's been a while since I've had this much of a potty mouth on a brew day.

[neddles]

Can you score some RO at the grocery?

[positiveContact]

Can you score some RO at the grocery?

 

I've never really looked.  I'm not sure.

I think I might be doing some experiments in the future with small amounts of water and brewtan.

[HVB]

This is not your first brewtan batch so that is what puzzles me.

[positiveContact]

This is not your first brewtan batch so that is what puzzles me.

 

me too.  did the brewtan last time leave behind some kind of residue in my tun that is now reacting with this batch???

 

I've never been too crazy about cleaning my MT.  I just dump the grain and immediately rinse it out with hot water.  that's it.

Edited by Evil_Morty, 04 November 2016 - 07:31 AM.

[Big Nake]

Damn, what the hell. I have never seen brewtan do anything color-wise to my water. The foam/break gets a little orangy but that's it. FTR, I filter my water the day before I brew and the 5 gallons of strike water are in my 5-6 gallon aluminum pot. I add my acid (3-4 mls), CaCl, gypsum and ¼ tsp brewtan to the water, heat and eventually pour into my MT where milled grains are waiting. Never saw anything green. And to be clear... the strike water was turning green in the kettle, right? Before it got to the MT? That tells you that it's not the MT. Do I have that right?