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Here is where I suspect something is off...I hit it with 5 litres of 180f water, stir it up and my temp only seems to get up to the high 150's. Should I not be trying to get close to 170? Then a good stir...vorlauf and pull off usually about 2.5 gallons. When batch sparging, the temperature...

Thank You very much, I was looking forward to brewing tomorrow and the beer might taste better to boot.

Well, I was going to do my first all grain batch tomorrow. I got the Irish Red Ale All Grain Kit from Northern Brewer and they forgot to include the 1 oz of Willamette (60 min) and 1oz of US Goldings (30 min) - I hate these kinds of screw ups. Anyway, I have plenty of Cascades in the freezer and...

Thanks, I'll be brewing this wekend.

I'm partial mash brewing a Orange Pale Ale receipe that I got from this site. It calls for corriander seed in the boil. Do I have to crush the seed before I use it?:ban: Bottled- Nut Brown Ale, Dunkelweizen Planning- Orange Pale Ale