andy6026
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So I'm entirely new to home brewing other than bottling batches at my local U-Brew. I've bought a 15 gallon kettle, I splashed on the blichmann burner (that was a tough decision) and I built my own wort-chiller (50' of 1/2" copper). I've assembled the rest of the necessary equipment and have plenty of empty 500ml bottles on hand from my time doing the U-brew. I have yet to build a mash-tun, but I've got a cooler to use, and from what I've seen on youtube it doesn't look particularly difficult (although I said that about the wort-chiller and that was harder and more expensive than i anticipated).
Having gotten this far I want to get straight to making a simple but excellent beer.
Is it a crazy idea to go straight to attempting an all-grain? Are they that much better than using the extract kits? Are they significantly more difficult if I'm a bit wet behind the ears?
Any experience you have at this or advice is much appreciated! Any recipe suggestions that are perhaps comparatively simple would also be helpful - I'm partial to IPAs without an extremely overwhelming 'hoppiness' and relatively low on the alcohol content (i.e. closer to 5% rather than 6%+).
Thanks everyone!
Having gotten this far I want to get straight to making a simple but excellent beer.
Is it a crazy idea to go straight to attempting an all-grain? Are they that much better than using the extract kits? Are they significantly more difficult if I'm a bit wet behind the ears?
Any experience you have at this or advice is much appreciated! Any recipe suggestions that are perhaps comparatively simple would also be helpful - I'm partial to IPAs without an extremely overwhelming 'hoppiness' and relatively low on the alcohol content (i.e. closer to 5% rather than 6%+).
Thanks everyone!