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Great, thanks for the guidance Yooper. And sorry for the delayed reply, I had to go out of town for a week.

Yeah, I was able to change all the details on the entries after paying, including category.

I have a slightly unusual beer that I'm planning to use as one of my entries in the National Homebrew Competition this month. This is my first time ever entering beer in a competition, and I'm not sure what the appropriate category for this one is. The beer is basically a blend of 4 parts...

I don't think I'm explaining myself very well, maybe the term dead space is the wrong one to use. I'm sure the liquid is pretty much uniform, so in that sense it's participating in the mash. However, the mash is much thicker than it otherwise would be, because of those 3 gallons that aren't...

5.5 gallons. I'm pretty confident it's the dead space. Like I said, I can hit my OG exactly on smaller OG batches < 1.050 or so. But I did my first high gravity batch with this setup, target 1.080 and mashed with 8.4 gallons, and only hit 1.057 actual OG in the fermenter. I'm able to predict...

Here's a pic of my new BIAB setup, using a 62 quart pot. The strainer basket makes it much easier to deal with the giant heavy bag of grains. I even installed a little pulley up above, so I can easily lift them out by the handle. For lower gravity batches I nail the efficiency, I've...