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• Posted in thread: What went wrong?! on 05-08-2013 at 12:44 AM
  I grind my own grain and I thought it was okay based on comparison to pictures of good grinds
  I've seen online.I didn't realize you had to drain slowly... I just opened it up fully after
  the vorloff. ...

• Posted in thread: What went wrong?! on 05-07-2013 at 12:24 AM
  Thanks for the responses. CA mouse: Immersion chiller, took less than twenty minutes after a
  hard 60 minute boil (with a 5 minute break to retrieve the fermcap dropper that was
  accidentally thrown int...

• Posted in thread: What went wrong?! on 05-06-2013 at 09:53 PM
  I tried to clone a dogfish 60 in a partial mash and a lot went wrong... can someone help me?
  This was my second time brewing with my whole setup.I tried a batch sparge for the first time.
  My wort woun...

• Posted in thread: Single kettle partial mash, and how much h20? on 04-16-2013 at 10:51 PM
  Thanks Yooper, I always appreciate how simple your advice is! It sounds like I could do that
  all in one keggle right? 1. Steep for 60 in BK in 3 gallons of water @150+ degrees2. Pour 4
  (???) gallons o...

• Posted in thread: Single kettle partial mash, and how much h20? on 04-16-2013 at 02:08 AM
  Hello,I am going to do a partial mash dogfish 60 clone. My grain bill is about 7.5lbs plus 5lbs
  of LME.I am aware of the golden 1.25qt to lb rule and I have BS 2.1 but I am a really new
  brewer and not...

• Posted in thread: Mash out... without burner? on 01-29-2013 at 04:28 PM
  Okay, seems simple... thanks a lot! I like the idea of batch sparging especially right now
  because it will make the brew day shorter, and here in new england it gets dark around noon
  during the winter...

• Posted in thread: Mash out... without burner? on 01-29-2013 at 03:51 PM
  Oh, thanks... that is a great suggestion! Batch sparging:1. mash as normal.2. Add some hot
  water (to bring temp up to 170)3. Stir mash gently with paddle.4. Recirculate the first
  runnings through the ...

• Posted in thread: Mash out... without burner? on 01-29-2013 at 02:54 PM
  Hello,I have been reading up on mashing and it seems that after the mash it's prudent to "mash
  out" and raise your temp up to about 170 or so to let all the sugars and such flow more easily
  through th...

• Posted in thread: Dogfish 60 Min clone, recipe mistake? on 01-22-2013 at 09:18 PM
  I was going to brew a partial mash 60 min IPA this weekend and I was going to follow this
  recipe... I noticed it calls for 6lbs of 2 row, in addition to the caramel and maris otter
  malts... and in a...

• Posted in thread: mashing and sparging a partial extract on 01-22-2013 at 09:13 PM
  Hello,My first beer was an AG on a brand new setup and everything went wrong... My second beer
  I just did in one kettle, the white house honey porter, partial extract. I would like to do a
  few partial...