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Thanks for all the replies. I thought the bazooka screen might be the culprit. I guess I will have to bite the bullet and get a false bottom. I will let the thread know how the next brew goes...looking at 2/19. Also I still plan on bottling the red ale, maybe not the most potent stuff, but if...

Yeah. Mash tun is set up how your thinking. I have a hand held thermometer. It is spot on. I check multiple sites while mashing. Once I dumped the grains into the strike water, temperature went to 152. I wraped the keg with a thermo blanket and the temp held for an hour. I fly sparge and when...

I get my water from Newark NJ, we have a Bud brewery here so the water content is amicable. I have not gotten to adjustments yet, but believe it is decent enough to get going. voulmes are measured by a wooden measuring stick I made, by filling up Keg (sanke) one gallon at a time. I know the...

No offense taken. I need the help. I have a cousin who brews a state away and he is perplexed also. I received crush grains in the kit. I had no dough balls and the grain bed looked fine as I was mashing out. My strike water was 160, and I mashed in at 152 (per kit directions) and held it...

I am new to AG brewing/brewing in general. I built a three teir Keg system. all of my batches have had low og reading 1.0125 to 1.020. and I can't figure out where things go wrong. Last attempt: Irish Red Ale (AG kit from Midwest brew) 9lbs - 2 row 12oz - carmel 40 4oz - Special Malt 4oz-...

thanks..pretty helpful. I am new to brewing and as much as I have read and re-read on the how-to's, it is impossible to have everything go perfectly. this site definitely helps

I am anxious to take a reading, to see if I should rack early or not. If my OG reading was flawed, then wouldn't an early reading show that I have more/less time to complete fermentation? Any way, would like to know if I should dump and start over. I will post my grain bill later (I do not...

Yes, post boil. But will I ruin whatever I have if I take a reading too soon. or since it is bubling shoud I leave it undisturbed for another week. After a boil, during a cool down, in a 10 gallon pot, the sugars would be even thoughout the pot?

Temp was 90..so I am reporting the 1.03 after the convert. because I panick with a stuck sparge, I added 2.5 gallons prior to the boil to bring my total to approx 10 gallons for fermentation. The reading above was prior to pitching. I pitched the yeast at the reccomended 75 degrees. but it was...

First AG Brew went Hairy - Stuck Sparge - got panicked and strained the grains rather then sparged. Anyway, OG was taken in boiling pot (10 gal) from top, so I cannot trust it...was 1.03. In fermentor and is bubbling but no krausen (5days) American Pale Ale. Also is extremely cloudly so I cannot...