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10,974 + 11 Belgian Wit = 10,985

40848.8 + 20 = 40868.8 Belgian wit and IPA 10 gal each. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

21,391 + 20 = 21,411 + 10 gal pale ale 21,421 gal Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I have one and it seems to work okay, but if have nothing to compare it to. When I did 5 gal batches I would just dump the whole boil kettle into the fermenter. Moving to 10 gal batches with a 20 gal boilermaker with hopblocker. Just this weekend I did an APA with 8 oz of pellet hops and it...

When batch sparging you don't worry about the grain bed. Batch sparging is a pure dilution of the grains to rinse out more sugars. When I batch sparge I use a pitcher to dump the hot water into the mash tun then I use my paddle to mix the whole thing up. I let the grain settle for 1-2 minutes...

I don't fly sparge (I batch sparge). But even for me getting the volume correct in beer smith is sometimes tricky. Make sure all of your recipe volumes are correct (i.e. estimated preboil volume looks right, etc). If this looks okay then you need to go into the sparge details and see what is...

12,673 + 10 American IPA = 12,683 Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I second the water comments. My first AG batch was ~60% efficiency then I started adding 5.2 stabilizer and my efficiency instantly went to 78-80%. I also think Denny's channeling comment also makes sense. Poor mash tun design could also deliver consistent results. Sent from my iPhone...

Hey bigken462 what is in your blue moon beer. That thing looks awesome in the fermenter. Need a good recipe for this as the wife loves the stuff. Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

7602 +5 American wheat +5 Belgian wit = 7612 Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

+5 gal oatmeal stout = 6860 Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Clip on probe thermometer into a rolling boil, fished it out with my mash paddle and it still works a year later. During the winter I was mashing in my kitchen, must have spilled a little water and slipped while drinking my coffee. About half my cup went into the boil kettle while...

High gravity Belgian Wit appropriately called "G Thunder" is the lid ejection. Secondary has a Furious clone dry hopping.

Sometimes honey is a little bit problematic. I do beers with 2 lb of honey and they take a full 3-4 weeks to ferment all the way out. I tried to rush one a while back and ended up with bottle bombs so you really have to be patient. Without knowing how much yeast you pitched I recommend...

Look at it as a contest. When I rack to a better bottle for secondary I try to see how large of a foam snake I can make. Try to improve each time. Like others said, as long as you are dumping the free liquid and have just foam everything is just fine. If you do some searching there is a...