Recent content by bmboileau

Thanks for all of this, I really appreciate the help! Just a final few concerns, does the 1.25 quarts / 1lbs of grain stand as a good mash volume? Does a full boil mean that you mash and boil with a certain volume and never top up that water? If yes, how do you adjust for water lost when...

RM-MN: No, just after I put both wort and water into the carboy. zachattack: Yes, what I meant when I said I was topping off was that I had my water for the mash, and the water I added later was to compensate for water evaporated during the boil and to bring the volume up to 19 l. Mine is a...

So, I used a full grain bill (over 16 lbs of marris otter and others) and then added some saskatoon berry syrup during the boil for flavour. I assume I did something wrong at the mash if I had a wrong OG (was supposed to be 1.098+ and turned out to be 1.042). Thought I had done everything right...

Hello All! I am new to Homebrewtalk and to homebrewing, having made only three full 5 gallon batches of beer. I have a question that has been bothering me. Recently, I tried to make a 9.6% russian imperial stout. I use an iphone program to track my grain and adjuncts and so I went to my local...