zaprozdower
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Ok, so because I have less than ideal equipment, I kinda of do things a bit different then they're supposed to be done. So I want to get some feedback on anything within my process that may be significantly hurting the quality of my beer.
Ok so first, I do partial mashing...tend to steep my specialty grains within a gallon pot for about 30 minutes. While that is happening I get the boil going; I do a full boil usually starting with 6 gallons in my 7.5 gallon pot. Usually add the mash into the pot with the extract and first hops just before the boil starts so I don't need to remove from the heat. Then something I forgot last time, I stir before putting into the primary. I just cool it down with water and ice in the sink which tends to take somewhere between 1 and 2 hours. I put the wort into primary just my pouring since I having no siphon equipment.
My primary is also my secondary and my bottling bucket. At the end of fermentation I tend to just boil some water and sugar and throw it in and let it work its way through the wort for 10 or 20 minutes. I'd like to stir but my beers are cloudy enough as it is. After that I bottle and store.
I feel that not having any tubing and not having something separate to bottle might be hurting me even though I'm pleased with my beer so far. Also I haven't been making any yeast starters since my highest OG was in between 1.060 and 1.065.
Ok so first, I do partial mashing...tend to steep my specialty grains within a gallon pot for about 30 minutes. While that is happening I get the boil going; I do a full boil usually starting with 6 gallons in my 7.5 gallon pot. Usually add the mash into the pot with the extract and first hops just before the boil starts so I don't need to remove from the heat. Then something I forgot last time, I stir before putting into the primary. I just cool it down with water and ice in the sink which tends to take somewhere between 1 and 2 hours. I put the wort into primary just my pouring since I having no siphon equipment.
My primary is also my secondary and my bottling bucket. At the end of fermentation I tend to just boil some water and sugar and throw it in and let it work its way through the wort for 10 or 20 minutes. I'd like to stir but my beers are cloudy enough as it is. After that I bottle and store.
I feel that not having any tubing and not having something separate to bottle might be hurting me even though I'm pleased with my beer so far. Also I haven't been making any yeast starters since my highest OG was in between 1.060 and 1.065.