Recent content by hcaz999

Golddiggie, I was looking into the reflective insulation for my brewpot. How did you use that with yours?

I would say I'm ending up with about 6.5-7 gallons pre-boil (i dont have an exact measurement) and my last batch I ended up with about 5.25- 5.5 gallons of wort in the fermenter. I like to have a bit more so i can rack in into the secondary with as close to 5 gallons as possible

Another thing, when I heat my water to the calculated strike temp (in this case it was 172F) the way I introduce the grains into the pot, my water temp is never below 156F when Im all finished putting the grains in. Should I lower my strike temp?

as far as the grain crush is concerned, i asked the LHBS to run it through twice to get a finer crush. how long do you usually mash out for? I've been doing 10 minutes then leaving the grain above my pot to drain then squeezing whats left into a bowl or something and putting that wort back...

I do have a second pot and I've been thinking about using it (i think I remember a post on here about a 2 pot all grain method. I was under the impression (and ive seen from a couple posts here and videos on youtube) that sparging wasnt used. I put in maybe .5-1 lbs of grain and stir it up to...

This past batch was a dark wheat beer. Using beerformulator.com i got that my SG sould be 55, and I got only 44. I use a 10 gallon pot. Batch size: 5 gals Total Water: 7.8 gal Pale Malt 2-Row (Muntons) 5lbs German Wheat Malt 5lbs Black Patent 1/2 oz Crystal (60L) 4oz mash for 80 mins at...

Ive done three batches with the BIAB method, and I tend to come up a little short on the SG readings (up to 11 points off)... I was wondering if any BIABers could help me out with improving my efficiency?

I was wondering what type of british malt would be best for an AG sam smith taddy porter clone. I was looking at optic and crisp. any suggestions? -Buko

Philly here too... Actually recently moved from Miami and Ive only heard of HSHB... where is Barry's?

I'm not a big fan of forums but as my obsession intensifies, I felt it was about time to fully get involved with it. I've been coming to this site off and on (more on, recently) and I have to say that the help that I've received from just reading posts is awesome. I'm from philly, from a...