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Thanks Dad! Yeast was warm, was out for 3 hours and we were passing it back and forth holding it under our arms to warm it up quicker in the beginning. But I definitely should have done a starter, just forgot to do that a day or two before the brew, couldn't put it off as it was a sunday...

Hi, I'll go with the quick version. -Decided to AG brew (past partial masher) -Used Beer Smith for conversions / strike temps -got confused by beer smith having never used it -strike temp worked awesome -used WAY too much water (about 2 gallons more than OP suggested) -pre-boil Gravity...

Thanks for all the encouragement. Now I'm between going with a BIAB or building out a coleman cooler as a mash/lauder. Either way it's gonna be fun fun fun! Definitely not going to be setting up any complicated systems for the moment. Actually most likely I think I'll just be setting up a...

I'm real excited about it. And while I don't want to litter the forums, I wasn't sure if All Grain or DIY was a better fit. So I posted in DIY and am applying the link to that story here to get more hits, No one answered and only one look so far...

Trust me folks, I've read through a ton of material on here from Single Tier, 3 Tier Gravity, Electric Automated, Two Vessel 1 Pump . . . etc. etc. etc. It's starting to make my head spin. Especially some of the finer details on a HERMS system, I've watched videos, read through builds and I...

crap, ya think 12 hours around 73 - 75 will ruin the brew? I'll get the temp down below 70 for sure now for the remainder of fermentation.

Well, I got through the initial steps of getting the partial mash into the fermenter and through all its steps. Although I neglected to take an Original Gravity. However I did do a 6 Gallon Boil and ended up with just over 5 gallons after my boil was done. (Had read somewhere to start a little...

Thanks! So the PBW is just a detergent that I guess wont leave as much residue as hand dish soap would if you cleaned with that right? Then just use the starsan for the sanitizing process. Thanks! I kept getting worried that if Starsan was this strong that it could kill active yeast if I...

So sanitizing is giving me the most issues, I'm not really sure if I'm supposed to rinse out the sanitizer after or just drain it out best I can. I don't want my first brew to get messed up cause I don't know how to use the various sanitizers I have. I've got 2 star san products, one is 5...