Recent content by MarkChillwort

Sorry for the late entry, but info for other future searchers is my goal. My inexperience had me mash a black IPA at a steamy 160 degrees and my final gravity with US 05 was still 1.010 from a very sweet and assumably "high in unfermentable sugars" wort of OG 1.067. Beer actually ended up dry...

Milled my stuff twice and brewed today. Also mashed for 90 minutes instead of my usual 60. As well i drained the box much slower so as not to compact the grain bed. Got up to 75 percent efficiency this time. Thanks brewmeisters for all of your replies. I have another lovely golden lawn mower...

Could be worse. Like Colt 45

I actually feed my own grain down their belt driven grinder. Would you recommend that next time I shoot it through twice? Can you over crush and then end up with pulverized bits of things that will negatively impact flavor or is it perfectly harmless as well as potentially beneficial?

i am actually not topping up. not at all. i use what i have post boil and have been nailing my five gallon volume within +/- a quart. i have considered the crush as a possible factor. that will surely be my next experiment. i would hate to think that my LHBS has their mill set skimpy to...

First of all I apologize for my long windedness. I pulled my latest sample for an original gravity reading directly post chill and after dumping to primary. I use a turkey baster to pull the sample. I am hoping that some of the more dense wort sinks really quickly to the lower depths of the...