MetallHed
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Cool! it smells great so far. I hope it turns out. FYI I used 2 gallons in the spare instead of 1.5...
1) I put the batch in a 5 gallon carboy, because thats all I had. I'm not sure how I will be taking a gravity reading because it's so far down...
2) I have a half ounce of willamette and a half ounce of cascade.. what can I make now?
Just as an update, I'm buying a few more of the same bag. My last bag I turned inside out (seam out) in order to help with cleanup, but I'm gonna try using the bag seam in and see if it lasts. I'll post later if this works.
I think that's just what I'm going to do. It's not a big beer so three weeks will be plenty.Or just let it go 3 weeks and I'm sure you'll be fine.
Get some bittering hops and you could make an american brown or an interesting pale ale.
I found a LHBS that has low prices for grain compared to what I've seen anywhere else. Sure it's Quebec grown grain, but I would be helping the local economy
Good advice from jfr.
Also, I still recommend for people to use partial mashes when they have smaller pots. I know it's tempting to want to go all-grain, but it's really not possible until you have a larger pot for your sparge and boil. You are just going to hurt efficiency and probably need extract anyway. Besides that, beers with extract do not suffer in quality compared to all-grain. You can make JUST as high quality beer with extract.
My main reason for saying this is that 2.5 gallons seems like such a waste when you could still easily make 5 gallons with this system and a little bit of extract.
HOWEVER! Many people seem to have had great luck and good experiences with smaller batches or pushing the limits of their equipment, so feel free to carry on! (just remember that extract doesn't suck )
...Quebec, wich is an hour and a half from where I actually live. ...
BTW Bradmont, have you found a local source for brew bags ? All me searches have been in vain and I'm wondering if I'll have to buy from a stateside merchant, wich would suck due to customs, taxes and shipping.
Deathbrewer, do you feel that when using a grain bag versus a lautering ton, you may lose some sugars, flavors or oils from the grains/hops? I'm about to brew my first all-grain batch and the grain bag seems to make everything very convenient!
So you said that no more than 13# of grain for this process, is that because of the size of your pot? Could 15# be done in a 34qt pot?
To be honest, I'm perfectly fine doing smaller (2.5-3 gallon) batches... I love beer, but I'm by no means a heavy drinker (3 in a week is a lot for me), so 5 gallons beer would just sit around and I wouldn't get much variety. And for times when I want to do a bigger batch with buddies, I can borrow a burner & 10 gallon kettle from a buddy of mine.
Brewing first AG this weekend. Ingredients have arrived but I can't get to them since I'm in Quebec for Law School during the week. The suspense is killing me. Expect trip report soon, with maybe pics. Thought gf was going away for the weekend, appears she is not, might have to steathily do this Friday morning since I put off eating with the inlaws to study.
Probably get killed if she finds out I spent 4 hours brewing beer instead. Planning to get up at 6:00 AM and start out as soon as she is out the door. Probably will still get caught if she notices the new batch.
You only die once
You would need at least a 6 gallon pot for that amount of grain. And a very large colander or a hoist to allow it to drain.
You probably got very low efficiency. Which means you can still make a great beer, but you would have to reduce your hops significantly to balance the beer out or it could be very bitter.
what does all grain mean? something different than using malt? or that the malt is already shelled and your just using the grain from it?
http://www.howtobrew.com/section3/index.htmlwhat does all grain mean? something different than using malt? or that the malt is already shelled and your just using the grain from it?
You can make beer from malt (aka "grain") or extracts.
"All grain" just means you don't use any extracts.
okay i see. i found a website that has partial and all grain kits that kinda gave me that idea after i asked.
http://www.homebrewers.com/product/AG1004/American-Pale-Ale-All-Grain-Beer-Kit.html
now i would do a partial kit first but just so i'll know, if i bought this all grain kit, it would have everything i need to make the actual wort ingrendient wise? i would just mash the grain then add the hops at the right time during the 60 min boil correct?
You also have to account for your stove. Many home ranges are wimpy. I know mine is, so doing 5 gallon batches is impossible. You can't just put an 8 gallon kettle and expect it to boil
what about something like this, and sitting the pot on both eyes?
http://www.hotplates.com/Aroma-AHP-311-ARO1069.html?cv=
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