Recent content by daniel diggins

Blazinlow, I guess my question is have anyone been measuring their efficiency levels and willing to check that model by attempting a LME extraction on their spent grain?

probably the solid advice to get the hydrometer. Since this is now going to burn a hole in brain trying to figure out who's math is off. Will a 250ml plastic test jar be adequate? Im seeing one for $7 total for hydrometer and a test jar provided I wait for 2 months. I've been a little shy of...

I`m wandering through and looking over some things has got me feeling insecure. I think this is by design to get me to hire a personal trainer or buy products. My brew equipment consists of a large pot, a 5 gallon bucket and I've been buying muslin bags to "steep". I dont even test with iodine...

Update: The 2nd mash was reduced down to 5.5 cups. 5 cups where collected. Half a cup was added back to reduce to a viscosity to something similar to Liquid malt extract. The 1/2 cup proved to reduce down to approximately 1/4 cup similar enough to a Liquid malt extract to be considered a success...

I`m running an experiment with this idea in mind right now. I've brewed 8 lbs. of grain over 3.5 gallons of water. Let the grain hang over the mash bucket until all of the original wort dripped off to make sure the grain was in a state of "field capacity saturation" then sparged with an...