Recent content by j_strzempka

Just picked up the ingredients to brew my first all grain batch of Wee Willy Bock. Looking for any tips with mashing and fermentation process. The recipe is pretty basic and doesn't address the mashing techniques or anything about the fermentation length, etc. It just states to "pitch the...

Thanks again! I think I won't mess with it and see how it turns out. It's been in fermenter for 4 days now and pretty active. It smells great though. I like the breakfast stout idea!! Thanks for all the info, all of this will help big time on the next batch. Anyone know what white rice solids...

Thanks for the info guys. Will check into a refractometer for sure. And the math makes sense too! Not familiar with DME/LME, will look into that as well!

I'm new to all grain brewing and just did my 4th batch. I did an Oatmeal Stout recipe that I got from Northern Brewer website. OG was suppose to be 1.042 but mine ended up at 1.028. I'm thinking it was because it was the first dark beer I have done and I should have mashed a little longer to...