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Can anyone elaborate on if, how, why and when this is a good thing to do?

Can I use a 3 gallon mini-MLT (featured in the DYI threads) to brew five gallon batches? I read the BYO article on counter top partial mashes and it sounds like that's where I'll have to stay until I can get a 5 or 10 gallon cooler. Or, am I off base in thinking that whatever all grain...

If I find some clean, food grade five gallon buckets, can I brew and secondary in them? I need to be a "cheapo" for the time being and I know that most will recommend a 6.5 gallon for head space but, if I use a blow off tube can I get away with it? I could plan water usage to be just under five...

When you order a mini-mash clone kit from Austin, does it come with dry or liquid extract? Can you specify when you order? Is there anywhere on the site that shows the recipe or type of ingredients they send with any particular recipe?

Yesterday I brewed a golden lager. What I had by way of ingredients was: 3lbs 2-row 2lbs pre-hopped DME (Beer Machine Beer Mix) 2 packs of dry mystery yeast I mashed the two row, got crappy efficiency, grumbled about it and added the DME after flame out. I measured my OG (1.040)...

Is it essential\necessary?? How many of you do this? Is there any way this happens through sparging with 180° water? Palmer says that some elect to forego this step? Why is that? Doing first PM this evening and trying to get my checklist finalized....

Just an unformal question, how much water do you find yourselves losing when you boil? I have a 16 quart kettle for partial boils and I think I remember losing 2 quarts in a one hour boil..what about the rest of you?

I made a quart starter last night, everything is going great. I brew tomorrow night. I brew half batches (2.5 gallons) so space in my small fermenter is valuble. I'm looking at loosing room from the quart starter enough for almost three beers. Plus with a couple hydro checks, I could be out a...

Hi everyone, Just finished putting together my 3 gallon MLT from the DYI thread on Mini-Mashing. I was lucky to find a Rubbermaid 3gl. to be volume flexible with. I have a Tru-temp digital and all the photos I've seen have some kind of thermometer inside that thing, question is; Is the...

When figuring my grain bill (especially how many pounds I'll be mashing) do I factor in my LME? BeerSmith seems to be....

Ordered 5lbs of 2-row from AHB and just wanted to ask you all if having some powder to the texture seems normal. I have never ordered base malt before and wanted to be cautious as I near my first PM this Saturday and didn't want to create problems. -Using a regular grain bag (musilin) with...

or is a smaller volume more appropriate?

Okay, without being too wordy, I need someone to help me settle a partial mash (One step infusion, ghetto sparge) recipe (particularly how to sub 2 row for some LME) I will brew a 2.5 gallon batch and also need water help as well. here is what I have: (Iron Rat Oatmeal Stout) 3.3lb...

Hey everyone, I have a recipe (extract grain) and have five pounds (surplus) of 2 row at home and wondered if or how you can make substitutions? I would like to increase the 2 row into a stout recipe and not rock the boat with the dark LME called for. (6.6 lbs for a 5 gallon yeild) If I kept...

I found this today while googling about molasses in beer....I don't know what to think!? Any comments? "Here's my molasses beer recipe. It makes an extremely stout and strong dark beer. It's based on the old wheat bran and molasses recipe that can be found all over the net but that isn't...

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.... I know that I have asked about this before. I'm kicking a dead horse here. I am mentally stuck with this. I brew with a Beer Machine fermenter (2.5 gallon capacity) I used a recipe (e\g) from my local brew master (complete 5 gallon recipe below) Brewed everything to...

Wow!! My German hefe is well underway and I'm very surprised at how "tall" and thick teh krausen was!! Very white (I strained much of the hop particulates before pitching, I wonder if that has anything to do with anything) In my four batches, I've never seen the krausen creep up that high in...

Here's the recipe: (5 gallon batch) Wild Warthog Hefe Malt: 6.6lbs Wheat Malt Grains: 8oz Crystal 10L 6oz Cara-Pils 8oz Wheat Hops: 2oz Liberty Yeast: White Labs -German Hefe\Wheat Calls for 1.5 gallons boil (per 3.5 gallons top water in the fermenter) Boil for...

I will "re-mention" that I brew half batches. Being said, I have a ceramic kettle that will handle upwards of three plus gallons. I will be getting two kits this weekend that will be speciallly weighed by the LHBS guy to accomodate my 2.5 gallon fermenter. The kit will be E.G...

okay, I've read this in multiple places. Most say "Dont' use it" Some books (I think Papazian's first edition) say "It's okay to use it". This thread; http://www.thebrewhut.com/TBHforum.net/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=2524/ says (somewhat convincingly) "it"s okay to use it" Is there any...