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i just started doing all grain batches of beer. what is a good way to decide how much water to start with when putting the grains in the mash tun? my first batch had 11 pounds of grains. i have a 5 gallon mash tun. i used 3.5 gallons of water initially. brought it to 165 and stirred in my...

im thinking about switching from bottling my beer to kegging it. other than not having to buy caps and dextrose, and dealing with cleaning the bottles, is kegging easy enough to do at home and worth it when it comes to the final product? like the flavor difference between living beer and dead...

other than running some sanitizer through the hlt and mash tun followed by hot water (like 150 F) to flush everything out, is there anything else i should do to make sure it stays clean? :ban:

I keep my primary fermenter and carboy in my dining room when in use. The temp stays around 70 F. Everything I read says 68 F. Is that two degree difference really a big deal? Thank You :ban:

What's going on everyone. I just finished my third batch of beer (my first all grain batch) today and had a question about the yeast. Usually i take my yeast out of the fridge one hour before putting into my primary fermenter with the wort. This time when I was brewing i took it out of the...