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Thank you !. Well, I have no access to one of those fancy grain crushers here in Mexico. I have to settle for a Corona Mill, but still, I think my crushes look exactly like what people describe in forums; Opened but not crushed husks, a mix of crushed grain (endosperm) and some "flour". However...

I brewed my second AG beer last week. This time I did calculate my efficiency and overall it was about only 60%. After reading on a few topics I now know I could improve my efficiency if I crush the grain a little more. On this I have an issue. On my first brew I had a very clear wort from...

So, typically, if I want a full body beer with a high ABV the best way to go is adding lots of malt to compensate for the lower conversion of starches into sugars (due to the weaker effect of the Beta amylase on the starches) by mashing at a high temperature?

I guess it would. Well, I guess that´s the fun part about homebrewing, right?. Since its not a perfect science we have the chance to experiment. Maybe the best way to find out is to stick to a recipe and change one or two variables at a time and see the results.

I have a pretty good knowledge about mashing temperatures and its effects. As most people I guess, I pick bits (and chunks) of info from these forums, other sites and books. However, I haven´t found the ultimate chart, or the ultimate "formula" that mixes all the variables involved in...

Yes, it makes sense, thank you. I´ll keep practicing, that´s the whole point right?. I ...well, my "assistant" made a mistake when adding the sparge water since he poured everything in the kettle, which was almost a gallon more than I wanted, I ended up using about 9 gallons for a 13.88 pounds...

It was batch sparging. Yeah, I understand about not crushing enough husks, but in this case I was more concerned about having crushed them a little bit more than enough.

Right. I´ll have to convert from metric data to pounds, gallons and F degrees, otherwise it won´t mean much to you. I´ll come back with that

When I say that I got "some" gravity, I mean that lack of grain crushing was not the cause of a clear, debris-free wort.

No man, my intention is not to brag. I´m concern I did something completely wrong. I actually messed up the temp target. I honestly felt proud when I thought my system was not letting any debris through, but then I thought that is not typical.

I was supposed to get a little over 1.070 but I missed my target mash temp by 4 degrees Celsius, the mash was messy I think. But still, the wort was very clear. The main question is, if you think the lack of debris and impurities in the runnings are due to a very good mash tun system or I...

I´ve been researching and reading and basically just studying about brewing for over a year. I´ve read basically all of Palmer´s How to brew and understand all about efficiency, malt quantities planning for an specific OG, IBUs calculations and so on. However, I had not brewed beer by myself...

Awesome !!!. Thank you very much for your time and effort. If it works for you, I´ll just do it the same way. Just one question. The "S" on SG stands for what?. ...

Yeah, seems great. I´d like to see an example though. Do you have any?

Oh really?. I´m glad to hear that, man !!. Actually, my mother in law used to host students from the USA and I had the chance to meet most of them. Yes, I think most of them had a good time. We are still in contact with a few. They were all good, fun people. HA !, I used to brag about Mexican...

No man, that´s the point. I want to be able to say I did all the numbers to find out how much of everything I need, and how I need to do it. I purchased Beersmith months ago. But using Beersmith is like a kid using a calculator to do his second grade homework.

Hi khiddy: I read you create your beers from the start. I understand you can estimate the bitterness and IBUs of your future beers before you brew. Am I right?. I have a very specific question. Well, 2. When you are calculating the IBUs, you need to also get the Utilization which includes...

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I´ve been reading the section "how to measure hops " in chapter 5, pages: 54-60 and a few questions come to mind. I have trouble understanding the section about utilization. I´ll paste the text here: """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Utilization The utilization is the most...