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@roger_tucker The harbor lighthouse ale is really good.

@roger_tucker The harbor lighthouse ale is really good.

Yeah the 15 minutes is for the batch sparge. I general allow the mash to soak a minimum of 60 minutes. I'll def post all my reading next batch hopefully this week sometime. Thanks again for all the responses I really appreciate them

Awesome thank you. What do you think of sparge pal? Ever try it?

I'm just going to try adding 10% more grain to my recipes and start taking a gravity reading before I start the boil. Thanks for the help

I'm not accusing any store of any conspiracy or intentionally selling bad product. I have nothing but good to say about the homebrew store I go to. I was just hoping for some tips on more efficient batch sparging

Is it possible the store I go to would intentionally not mill the grain properly?

Also my homebrew store crushes my grains and I have a fairly large cooler for my mashtun thinking around forty quarts. Could this be to big since a few of the recipes I've had issues with were for three gallons? Thanks for the help

Thanks for the responses. I haven't been double sparging, just once but I stir multiple times and allow it to sit for around 15 minutes. I've been using the sparge pal app on my phone for measurements and have pretty much been spot on with the volume, just not gravity. I've been checking my...

Hey how's it going? Been doing some all grain brewing and my gravity is always much lower than intended. Even when I've added a little extra I'm still usually a little lower than I want. Any tips for better efficiency? Btw I use a Coleman extreme with a bazooka tube as my mash tun.

@ schol. Ill have to get one for the spring. i actually filtered 8 gallons of water once through a tiny brita pitcher lol. It sucked.

thanks for the responses. i found a decent burner on amazon for around 50 bucks. I saw walmart has the whole turkey fryer setup for around 40. not a bad price but i already bought the pot but thanks for the heads up.

btw i let it at that temp for about 90 mins.

Hey whats up? I attempted a full boil last night for the first time with a bigger pot and could not get a rolling boil started. i tried using my electric stove but it did not work. Rather than throw out the wort i attempted to remove about two gallons from my stock pot and transfered it to...

I have my fridge set to about 50 degrees. I got the temp down really quick and noticed fermentation did not start till I got the wort below 60. I called the home brew store in my area and they said as long as it starts to ferment, not to worry about it. I'm still worried about off-flavors...

Hey whats up? I screwed up and pitched my lager yeast at around 80 for a bohemian pilsner. Am I screwed? I immediately put it in my fridge. Not sure what I was thinking.

Ok. thanks a lot. i'll try using bottled water and see if it fixes the problem.

US-05 is what I've been using. What do you think would be the best way to keep the beer in the mid 60's? That seems to be a tough temp since my fridge is to cold and my basement is to warm.

I've been using just regular dry yeast. I never really used the liquid yeast before. I always make sure I pitch my yeast below 80, but usually I try to get it to around 70.For ales I always keep the temp around 70 give or take a few degrees.

And I've been using DME.