DeathBrewer

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Yeah, use that floor! It'll suck the heat right outta that thing. 72°F is not terrible anyway, I'm sure it will be fine.

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Easy Partial Mash Brewing - Stovetop All-Grain Brewing

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barrog

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Just wanted to say my beer turned out great. I made 2 5 gal batchs. An amber and a blond. It was deffently a hit at my 4th of july party. It was a bit rough in the begening but once I got the hang of it all went well. I cant wait to get my next one going. Thanks again Deathbrewer!

duffman2

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My maiden voyage is a PM because I read your thread but since I've seen you point out how important temp control is I need to know how if I should keep brew at same temp range (68-72) for secondary as I did for my primary. And bottling temp???


Thanks for all the help, I can't wait to crack one open!!

muenchk

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Just wanted to say thanks for this tutorial. I just brewed a Stone clone, Russian Imperial Stout last night with this technique and it was flawless. I didn't have the stupid clips for the grain bag, so I was always messing with that, but other than that, it was great.

I'll drink my first bottle to your health!

NAVET

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I want to add this thread rocks!
I have not had the pleasure of doing my first brew. I would have but somehow life gets in the way and the $$ for equip and supplies got sucked up into a bathroom remodel. Damn water leak damage!

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carl_g

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I just got a mini mash kit from AHS..
This is my first attempt at a mini mash. All of my other brewing has been extract.

AHS tells you to steep the grains in 2.5 gallons of water at 155 deg for 45 minutes. Next, pour 170 deg water over the grain bag(1 qt per 2 lb of grain) directly over the brew pot then continue....

Since I have 3.375lbs of grain and if I use the mash ratio of 1.5 qts of water per lb of grain that would bring me a little over 5 qts.(1.25 gallons) of mash water.

My question is.. the recipe is for a 2.5 gallon partial boil, If I were to take the remaining water(1.25 gallons) and use that to sparge the way deathbrewer has described in this thread will that work? Or should I just follow their directions. What would be the difference?

Thanks in advance!
carl_g

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DeathBrewer

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You would want to use more than 1.25 gallons for sparge. Account for absorption.

I would use 2 gallons for the sparge. Dunking or pouring over, either one works.

Make sure your MASH is at 155°F, not the water. You want the water to be hotter and the temp to drop to 150-155°F when you add the crushed grain.

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carl_g

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Hey thanks.. I used your method and I nailed the og 1.050!
I can't wait to try it.

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Heimdol

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I found your instructions very helpful DeathBrewer and appreciate you taking your time to put all that together. I hope you don't mind but I wanted to be able to print it out and have it handy with me when I was brewing so I created a pdf of your instructions. If you want you can add the link to your original post so folks will have a easily printable copy to use when they are brewing.

Partial Mash PDF



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Heimdol

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I hope this doesn't end up being a double post my first one never showed up.

I found your instructions very helpful DeathBrewer and appreciate you taking your time to put all that together. I hope you don't mind but I wanted to be able to print it out and have it handy with me when I was brewing so I created a pdf of your instructions. If you want you can add the link to your original post so folks will have a easily printable copy to use when they are brewing.

The file size is almost 7mb but the pictures will print out nice and crisp. If I lowered the dpi to low to make the file size smaller the print quality would have suffered.

Partial Mash PDF



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