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All ended well, started with 7 gallons as I has stated previously and ended with 5.5 gallons. I also turned the burner down during the boil, while still maintaining a rolling boil. I had never thought of this before. I believe this is what my problem was, as our prejudice friend stated...

Site was down for awhile, so I need to catch us up. Conversion was pretty awesome. The sweetest I've ever tasted. Just over 6 gallons for sparging. I have also realized that I can't quite get all of the water out of these thermos's without taking off the top and dumping the rest in. Sparged for...

Alright. It has begun. I figured I'd kind of document as I went. So this batch is called Ferocious IPA. Tons of hops in this one. OG should be 1.064-1.068. Got both my mash ton, and strike water tun preheating, and am now heating up my mash water to final temp of 152. This one has 12 total...

I plan to do that this time. I have a new way to measure to be sure. One last question. What if I don't have enough water in the kettle when I'm ready to boil? Do I simply sparge more?

Thank you again all. I will be doing my next batch later on today. I will let you know how it went. Hoping my 3rd time is a charm.

I think this is the route I'm going with. I have a long plastic spoon. The one with the little spoon on one end, and a big spoon on the other. Got for making wine when you have to stir inside the carboy. I'm going to try that. Does just a sharpie get the job done?

I appreciate all of your help. Thank you again. I have another question. Sorry. I am going to double check all of my measurements, and be certain this time exactly what I end up with prior to boiling. At the moment, I'm going to get a stick, and mark it at every gallon. But, I was just...

Thank you both. To answer the SG, it was right on target for the Irish Red. I'm using all the same equipment. And you're right, there's no way I should be losing that much in a boil. Like I said, my measurements could be off with what I end up with, but I still go by the book with the amounts...

I'm hoping you experienced all-grain brewers can help me out a bit. I have been brewing with extract for years. I have recently ventured out into all-grain. I'm about to start my 3rd batch. My first batch was a pale ale, and I know what I did wrong there. I didn't pre-heat my mash tun and it I...

I'd replace too. Maybe upgrade to a 6.5 gallon glass carboy.

2 bucks? Nice score!!

I had a bad experience with the cheaper, thinner coil that has the plastic tubing zip-tied on. I left in in the last five minutes of boil time, and when it came time to run water through the coil, the high heat had expanded the plastic tubing so much, that it popped off and garden hose water got...

I've always liked to rack. At the very least to get a nice, clear beer into the bottling bucket when it's time to bottle. Is there a better method of siphoning the beer into the bottling bucket without getting any of the sediment in there? I've had great luck with very clear, sediment free beer...

Hi Shadowfox. Sorry for the delay. Been a busy week. My daughter bought me that Mr Beer kit about 5 or 6 years ago. I've made about 20 batches of beer since then. All of them extract brewing, with a grain steep. I'm on my first batch of all grain now. Just bottled it last weekend, so another...

Hi all. My name is James. Looking forward to learning a lot here. I actually got started in brewing thanks to my 8 year old daughter (at the time), who picked out a Mr. Beer kit for me since I love beer so much. What a great gift. That thing sucked, but it spiraled from there. I started reading...