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Hi all, I currently brew on a 15 gallon system and get about an 11 gallon yield at about 82-85% efficiency. It usually takes me about 45 mins to 1 hour to sparge and collect between 13.5 and 14 gallons. My question is when I go to 1bbl will it take 3 times as long - up to 3 hours to sparge...

Hi guys, happy HoHos. I have 5 gallons of a 6.9% IPA in a keg and used 3/4 cup of corn sugar for priming. It's been in the keg about 2 weeks and the keg has ALOT of pressure but so far the beer is not carb'd. I drew a little out to try it and it has lots of foam due to the pressure but no...

Hi fellas, happy Friday. I will be supplying beer for a wedding In early October and will be purchasing the Corny Keg "Whole Enchilada Kit" with an extra 5 gal keg (ball lock). I plan on keg conditioning for a week or 2 before serving and I have read to keep CO2 pressure on the beer over...

Hi all, I just brewed a 10 gallon batch of pale with enough hops for about 30 IBUs. It's been in the bottle for only 3 days and is carbonating away but I have a question - I popped one yesterday just to see where the taste was going and it was pretty sweet. I'm wondering if that will settle...

Hi all, Happy Thanksgiving. Need some help - sitting here getting ready to bottle but I ran into a possible issue. This is my 8th all grain batch and all had been well in the summer months but now... I'm not so sure. So After about 3 weeks of primary only, the bubbles in my airlock was at a...

Hey fellas, So I've returned to brewing after a 12 year break and was at the "intermediate" stage of about 1/2 extract 1/2 grain. Turned out some good, tasty beers with no off flavors, everyone loved them, etc. Fast forward to last Sunday when the culmination of over a months worth of work...

Hi all, just getting back into all grain after a 10 year break and am wondering how you determent the efficiency percentage of the mash? Thanks, Mikey.

Hey everyone, greetings from Napa. I've been lurking about for quite sometime and posted my first post yesterday - thanks for the replies as it really helped out. Anyway, I'm into brewing after about 12 years and am having a blast. Back then, a buddy of mine and I were doing all grain and had...

Hi Everyone, great forum. Thanks for all the usefull posts. So this is my first post here. I've brewed about 10 batches so far and today I brewed a hybrid batch of IPA today with just under 3 lbs of grain and what was supposed to be 5.5 lbs. DME. Upon checking the OG I found that it is 1.098...