I am surprised that this has not been mentioned yet. I stopped preheating my mashtun. I just mash in around 168ish in a cold cooler. I leave my last gallon out until my temp reaches 152ish. If it is to high I add cold water. I will lose a degree in an hour. I usually get 80% efficiency. I'm not...
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It is old news that Citra hops are not available. I just brewed a Citra Pale Ale and loved it! 10 gallon batch is gone (we are such lushes!). I want to brew it again and there in lies the problem.....No f#%}ing Citra hops!!!!! So who has found a good replacement for...
Is had slits on my cpvc mash tun. I got terrible efficiency. The cpvc is flexible and I thought that the slits were being crimped and not letting the sugars through. I got efficiency in the 50% range Now I switched to copper with slits and I get 75-80% efficiency. So my question is cpvc or...
Had some issues last night with my capper (black hand capper) Broke 6 bottles and I hate wasting beer. What has worked for folks out there in brew land?