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I wanted to thank you all for your help and input. Everything went great this weekend. My pre-boil gravity and OG were spot on. The only two minor glitches- we forgot the whirlfloc and we ended up with about a half gallon of too much pre boil wort. Just enough for a good taste by myself, my bro...

Thanks much. I'll try not to drink too much... Ha, ha...

Good point. Thank you for your input.

Hi all, I am making my first attempt at an all grain CA. Common this weekend. If you wouldn't mind reviewing my process checklist and offer suggestions, I would greatly appreciate it. The bold highlights are statements I don't know to be true so feel free to correct them and or offer...

Thanks much for your input. I appreciate it.

This all started as a hobby and has since become an obsession. I've found HomeBrewTalk to be the most obsessive... In a good way of course... Uh, I think anyway. Cheers, Matt

+1 for the pickup tube. Additionally, you can make one of these for your hop additions. Just get a pvc reducer- I used a 4 to 3, a paint strainer bag, a hose clamp and a garment hook for the side of your brew kettle. Use all stainless steel and cpvc if you can. It works great for me.

Hello all, I am a newbie, but I'm ready to take the plunge from extract to all grain. I have a few questions about Bru'n water and incorporating the results into a batch sparge using distilled water and building from there. First, should I only input the total mash / sparge volume in the...