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Please Please Please! Lemme have it!

Interesting. That's one of the first things we are told not to do when learning to home brew, and making tea :) I'd like to learn more about this, can you recommend some links? Thanks!

Not really. I have been busy trying to get my house on the market, so I've only completed that one brew. I think I will try a 90 minute mash next to see if it helps achieve better extraction. The sparge method is still a little weird to me. Doesn't seem efficient. As for your question...

Sorry if this has been asked before, I wasn't able to find it anywhere... So I have a Robobrew on the way, my biggest concern is the sparge technique. 1) raising the basket out of the wort, and sparging through without the capability to vorlauf seems like it would allow a lot of debris...

I'm in....I hope

At least I pitched at fermenting temp this time and not 78 -80 degrees like the kit instructions say. I think that's one of the biggest mistakes I've been making. I was pitching as soon as I could get it below 80, then through this forum I learned I was doing wrong. Ha, I brewed a lager one...

This the first batch that I've brewed in about a year, I don't always take a gravity reading. Bad practice I know. Seems likeI learn something new every time, and it's always the important questions I remember to ask after the brew...... Maybe it will at least be drinkable, another...

Now you've got me all worried. I say I added 1 gallon of top water, but even though I am well over the 5 gallon mark, I've really only got around 5 1/2 gallons of pure water in it. I have never made a batch of homebrew that I would consider awesome. It just occured to me that I always topped...

My starting gravity is 1.044 Target was 1.042 - 1.046. Would the pumpkin puree floating throw off the OG reading?

Ok, good. I added 60oz of canned pumpkin. There's a lot of settlement. I added an extra gallon of top off water. My first post should have said "should I have use a grain bag" Thanks for the quick replies.

I can't find a clear answer in any of the threads... So, I'm making a Pumpkin Ale with canned pumpkin is it ok to add the pumpkin straight to the wort and let it settle out in the primary, or should I use a grain bag?

Nasty? Really you think?

Thanks guys, guess I will hope for the best… You know I’m fairly a noob at home brewing, I’ve brewed maybe 20-25 extract kits since 2008, and I have always pitched at 80F because the kit instructions say to. I’m beginning to think that they want you to pitch at a high...

Been reading these old threads trying to figure out if I can make the most out of the Sam Adams clone that I have started fermenting at too high temp. Using WLP830 German lager yeast, I pitched at about 78-80 deg. Ferment started and I thought I had the fridge set to cool slowly before going to...