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Ok so I took the advice from a few of you and am very pleased that I did. I purchased a 10 gallon stock pot and outfitted it with a ball valve and a metal false bottom. I also upped my yeast count with an additional vial of WLP 500, making that two total. I mashed at temps of 130, 150, and 158...

I agree completely. I plan on doing that most of the day tomorrow before I brew on Saturday.

I very much appriciate your advice but at this point i am fully committed to brewing this batch. I have a copy of "The Joy of Homebrewing" and have read the section on grain brewing. I just have a hard time making sense of some aspects without actually seeing it done or trying it myself. Once...

I am definitely going through the traditional mash and lautering route. As far as the lauter-run goes I was planning on constructing one out of a 5 gallon plastic bucket with 1/8 inch holes drilled into it allowing the wort to be drained into another container. As far as the wort chiller goes...

Hello, currently I have everything needed to brew extract and I am possibly purchasing a large 8-9 gallon turkey fryer today that I think would function well as a mash cooker. After that i will probably pick up a few 5 gallon buckets and fabricate a lauter-tun. For the wort chiller I will...

Ok so I think I will be investing in a large turkey frying unit capable of holding around 9 gallons. My question at this point is after I sparge and am left with a very large amount of wort, do I start adding my ingredients (hops, sugars) or do I wait until it has boiled down to around 5.5...

Ok so the original calls for 11 lbs of extract. So (11 X 1.25 = 13.75). 14 lbs of grain, is that a normal amount for grain recipie? I obviously don't know much but this seems like a very large amount to put in the normal 2 gallons of water for the wort. Am I going to need to add more water to...

Ok so here's the issue. I was was at my local brew store looking to pick up some malt extract for a tripel recipie I am ready to try. "11 pounds please," he returns from the back with a huge bag of crushed grains. I am new to this and have definitely never used grains as this, I mean I know the...