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Hey folks, So, I was dry hopping an APA in my 6.5 gal glass carboy tonight for the first time. Read some techniques on dry hopping whole leaf (which is what I had). Tried using marbles and a hop sack to get it in there and it was more trouble than it was worth (or so we'll see). Anyway, I...

Hi all, Just brewed my first AG batch on Friday (2 days ago). It was a Dry Irish Stout, and the OG was 1.039. My damn thermometer broke during the boil, so I had to rely on an old turkey meat thermometer to take the temperature of the cooled wort. It was <80F when I pitched the yeast...

Hi all, Just brewed my first AG batch on Friday (2 days ago). It was a Dry Irish Stout, and the OG was 1.039. My damn thermometer broke during the boil, so I had to rely on an old turkey meat thermometer to take the temperature of the cooled wort. It was <80F when I pitched the yeast...

Hi all, any feedback would be helpful. I'm going to do my first AG next week, and will be doing a dry Irish stout a la Norther Brewer (recipe (.pdf) is here: http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/allgrain/AG-DryIrishStout.pdf). I'd really like to spruce this beer up a bit with a slight...

Hi all, I'm going to do my first AG next week, and will be doing a dry Irish stout a la Norther Brewer (recipe (.pdf) is here: http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/allgrain/AG-DryIrishStout.pdf). I'd really like to spruce this beer up a bit with a slight orange flavor and maybe some...

Hi all, I'm prepping for my first AG batch next week and have a question about my MLT setup and the best sparging technique. I have an MLT (10gal) with a mash/boil screen as seen here (http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/review/product/list/id/654/category/32/). My question is whether I should...

Hi everyone, I've never brewed AG before (or any by myself for that matter!). My friend brews AG and I've been over a few times to see it done firsthand. Also, he's going to help me with my first few batches, but I wanted to get some feedback from everyone first on my setup. I have some...

Hi folks, I'm new to AG and I'm in the process of gathering the necessary equipment. Right now, I've got a 7.5gal brew kettle/burner (turkey fryer) and I've converted a 10gal cooler to an MLT. The next thing I'm going to get is a wort chiller. First question, is whether I can get away with...

Hi everyone, first time posting. Been doing a lot of searching to determine whether my kettle will be large enough for what I want to do. I'm new to brewing but my buddy has been doing all-grain for a while. He uses the brew-in-a-bag method, but I'd like to include sparging. He brews 5 gallon...