Recent content by spindlehead

it is good. I don't know why sideways, but it is good.

So... My first try is in drinking shape now. This was my first foray into all grain brewing and I got some good advice and learned some good lessons. It all started here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f244/simple-recipe-my-first-biab-494091/ I got interrupted several times during the...

Sooooo, I gave this a shot on Sunday. It was a definitely a learning experience. First thing I learned was, get a bigger kettle. Second was, get a propane burner. Third, get a finer crush (the 2-row was supposed to come milled but sure looked like a lot of intact grains). Fourth, was RDWHAHB...

I don't know if anyone uses morebeer (exclamation point). They are only like 60 miles from me so I order from them whenever I need enough stuff to get over the free shipping threshold. Anyway, that's where I got my grain, so it will be milled however they mill it. I don't believe I am going...

Thanks for the data! This is all super helpful.

Thanks a bunch for the feedback and advice guys. I did indeed turn the brewhouse efficiency down to 60% when sizing the grain bill. That was based on advice that my early attempts would be lower efficiency and that the vendor milled grain might be coarser than what people usually use for BIAB...

Hello Homebrewtalk, I have been an on-again/off-again extract brewer for a long time. I am soon to attempt by first all-grain batch of any kind and will be employing BIAB. My instinct is to keep things very simple for this first try. After a ton of reading here and elsewhere, here is the...