Recent content by BeerBaron2000

So I did my first all-grain batch last night and I wanted to council some of you fine fellow homebrewers to share tips and point out some errors I may not have seen in my process. Although the beer has just begun the wonderful process of fermenting, I went through a few bumps in the road that I...

Wow, that's a great site Joe. Thanks for the link. This clears up alot of the confusion for me.

I was going to batch sparge since that seems to be easier method to use with the set up I've got. I've got the standard 48 quart cooler and was using the 1.25 qt/1 gallon ration for determining how much water to use in the sparge. Then I was going to drain and re-mash if necessary to obtain the...

I'm attempting the first all-grain with a manifold I just built and I want to make sure I've got the right amount of water to be used for each part of the mash and sparge since it seemed to go horribly wrong the last time I tried to make an all-grain batch with a friend's tun. I have 16...

So you attached that mash part on the inside to prevent the bag from clogging up the valve to release the water, in essence? Also, what did you do to help improve the efficiency of your mash, just up the grains by a bit?

But if you sparged the grains correctly, wouldn't you still get the same result since the nylon is full of little holes that allow all the sugar to be properly absorbed by the water and then flushed out via a spigot? I've read in a couple places that manifold give you better efficiency, but I'm...

So here's the gist. I've brewed all grain about two or three times before using a cooler one of my guys converted to a tun. I was then showing it to my dad so he could help build me one, since my know how in handyman work is severly lacking. However, he said that since the manifold is acting...