Completed my first all-grain today, things went smoothly. It was much easier than I thought. My only concern was the amount of water for dough in then sparge. But I was right on the money.
Completed my first all-grain today, things went smoothly. It was much easier than I thought. My only concern was the amount of water for dough in then sparge. But I was right on the money.
I'm right in there with you. My first AG was on Saturday and using BeerSmith helped get all the calculations I needed. Now I just need to get a sight glass for the boil kettle, or some way to measure my boil-off. I went too long and ended with 4.5 gallons.....oops, at least now I'll have a stronger beer!
I'm right in there with you. My first AG was on Saturday and using BeerSmith helped get all the calculations I needed. Now I just need to get a sight glass for the boil kettle, or some way to measure my boil-off. I went too long and ended with 4.5 gallons.....oops, at least now I'll have a stronger beer!
I just cut notches into a wooden dowel. That works great and is like $2.
I just cut notches into a wooden dowel. That works great and is like $2.
I bought a steel yard stick at Wally World. Pour in one gallon at a time and measure the depth. Turns out my 24 qt pot(I do 3 gallon batches) is almost exactly 2"/gallon.
I bought a steel yard stick at Wally World. Pour in one gallon at a time and measure the depth. Turns out my 24 qt pot(I do 3 gallon batches) is almost exactly 2"/gallon.
Is there any worry about the paint coming off the yard stick and getting in the wort?
Is there any worry about the paint coming off the yard stick and getting in the wort?
All the talk about about marking your spoon or whatever you have.
Saw a great idea on another post.
Burn the lines into your spoon with a hot knife. That way the black char is easy to see and u don't have to worry about a sharpie wearing off.
Thought that was genius!
First all-grain was pretty easy...
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