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the last beer was an amber and we missed the SG by 16 points. We brewed outside and the mash ton is not insulated. We sparge out by setting the bed by pulling off a gal or so until it is comeing out clear and then useing hot water from the hot liquer tank and pour it over the top of the mash. We...

Hey guys, I am in need of some help. I am going from brewing 10gal batchs to 5 gals bathces. I am using a 15 gal keggles. The one as the HLT and one as a Mash ton. I was have terrible efficency whith the mash ton while doing 10gal batches. I am guessing the majority of the efficency problems...

yea, that beer is going to be toxic.....lucky for you, i am certified to dispose of said toxic beers. pm for address and I will dispose of them properly........ your fine.........itll taste fine........RDWHAHB

Still wins medals year after year.........it is a "perfect" beer.......the recipe is flawless........ as for the rest of the list.......pretty accurate.....with a few exceptions.......some great beers that exist that havent even made the list......

Well I think you need to find the constant here.........stop eating the dog food!!! :D

Secondary is a conversational piece and it always comes around full circle, down to personal preference. We have used secondaries, usually when adding something other than hops to the secondary. Cocoa nibs (stout), cherries (wheat), or any time an extended aging is taking place such as the...

not necessarily the hops.....the suspended yeast in homebrews CO2's in your stomach......causing byproducts, if you will.......... always when i have a bunch of homebrews.........

Get beersmith........it will take care of all the water measurements for you. same to assume about 1g boiloff per hour.........plenty of calculators out there, just hit up google.......

Any grain bill will work, but make a citra IPA........1/2 oz every 5 min for 60 min........ Thats what I would do at least..........

New Holland Full Circle......hands down, amazing...... and if you can get your hands on Sully's Kolsch somehow.......I would recommend that....its pretty damn tasty.......sometimes its brewed at Kuenhenn's Brewing Co.....

I did one last summer........OG of 1.060, of course it could be mellowed out to get in the session category. I went traditional with mostly pils malts, threw in a little rye.....and some crystal 10........used the wyeast bel saison and fermented traditionally......started at 70 degrees and...

You don't need to mash out as a homebrewer, I know VERY few that even talk about doing it. Theres something else going wrong if your only getting 50%. You could be wayyy over sparging, or your mash temps could be off.....There are many factors and we need more info.

First things first.......in my opinion no beer should finish much above 1.030.....even barleys or RIS.......thats just too sweet........ Big beer shouldn't be decided by the alc % it should be decided by the OG bc the % is directly dependent on the FG. And the term in that case isn't Big...

someone correct me b/c i may be wrong. but i dont think you change the temp......based on what yeast you select it sets the ferementation temp to the optimum temperature. i think.....:drunk:

Temperature affects gravity. There is no way that .6 gallons yielded that many points off. What temp did you measure the 1.042 at??? If you measured it at, for example, 146 degree F, you corrected gravity is 1.061. More info is needed!

no question, BIAB.......best way ever......I do it for small batches instead of dirtying up the mash tun.......best way to go!!

there isnt a point in getting that high in the IBU range..........from what I have read and talked to brewers about is that once you get beyond 120-130 IBUs that you can't taste the difference. You might be better off saving the money on all the extra hops....... Made an IPA that was 105...

I have "Pocket Brewer" I am really pleased with it. Does everything I need, has every calculator I could need as well.

awesome stuff......I'll assume you owned the 2 fridges already........ looks great man, good work!

your post about the hop layout made me think of this. parents measure off formula in each compartment. the top rotates and then pops at each one. only 4 compartments but this is what your looking for...