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I'm lazy. I just use a scoop of oxyclean and fill it all the way up with the hottest tap water i've got (~138-141 depending on which faucet I'm using). Let that bad boy sit over night and then dump out. I'll probably only need to use a brush every now and then if I dryhopped w/o a bag...

excellent. i now have something to do over my lunch break instead of my usual "sit in the car and pretend that I'm a racecar driver and not a cubicle slave"

isn't this the truth...

Keg. Get it chilled with a few pounds of co2

approach your first all grain as an attempt at a new process, not an attempt to make perfect beer. If you don't hit your target, don't stress. the point of the first AG is to simply make beer from grain and learn the steps. also, have fun... also, don't get drunk... drunk all grain is a...

with a kid on the way, empty kegs are my biggest homebrewers worry... though i love the all-grain process i'll probably switch back to all-extract here and there just to avoid an empty pipeline... its funny, i've never had a problem emptying a keg when i've got more going in...

if it were me i'd take regular samples from the tap to figure this out for yourself... but that's just me...

this is why homebrewing is the best... despite perfectly good products out on the market, we (homebrewers) are always wondering how we can make things 1. Cheaper or 2. More unique. i say try it. if it works the awesome. if not, at least you tried something new.

yeast will eat the hell out of honey. i've gotten some champagne yeasts to fully attenuate an OG of 1.080 and above down to .996

well, like someone said on some other thread: "its only a really Kolsch if its brewed in Colongne"... so when I'm brewing a kolsch, I'm happy with something that's tasty to drink and at best, kolsch-y... 72 really isn't all that hight compared to what some brewers admit to fermenting at, so...

can anyone give me a quick rundown on where the meets are to pick up grain and how folks are paying for these grain? i've been looking through this thread and can't find a thing... 114 pages is a long thread... Also, I'm in the Ellicott City area and would love a bag of 2 Row.

Happened to me this morning... 2 carboys soaking in oxyclean...

maltodextrin used to work for me... i just added it in the last 10 minutes.