Recent content by medleblute

Anyone looking to get rid of theirs because they are upgrading?

This is a very general question and I'm sure my answers will be questions back to me - but if I'm brewing an average lager (I know, what exactly is an average lager) how long can something sit in the secondary? Or can I transfer to a tirtiary? How long can the beer sit before I bottle or keg...

with that recipe - 7lbs 2-row what would your OG be? Assuming you chose your water amounts and temps... if you were going for efficiency. I understand that I could go to 9lbs of grains. I'm just curious what you AGrainers that have been doing it for sometime now could get on a homebrew setup...

OK, so here is my grain bill: 7lbs 2-row barley 2lbs flaked maize 8oz carapils What should I "expect" to get for an Original Gravity? I brewed my second batch this weekend taking into consideration a lot of tips/tricks/advice I read on here and the first time I came out with 1.028'sh and...

Yooper - AWESOME... thanks for the explanation - that is completely understandable... THANKS!

AJF - a little confused by 'stir like crazy' comment. I thought once that water started removing from the grains you didn't want to disrupt the base grains and get any garbage out of it. I thought that was reason you took the first half gallon or so of mash and gently pour back on top of the...

Yooper - not a dumb question - I actually concidered using the hydrometer - but wasn't sure how I would cool the wort fast enough to geta good reading! You gave some great ideas! Thanks Ahhh... OK - thanks - this is/was a major question issue with my mash. I have a turkey fryer and could...

I am a much better watch and learn then read and understand type of brewer. I have read a few articles on brewing All Grain and thought I had a good idea of what I was doing. I thought I would brew something light and easy for my first go round so I decided on a Cream Ale with a Grain Bill: 7...