Recent content by Tad_Porter

Thanks so much for this. It really helps, and my next partial masher will be that musch closer to awesome.

Ahhhh, I didn't get the "up to 1.5 times" part. @Grizzlybrew: I may have done something a bit less than kosher: it's my first time at a partial mash, but I ended up with just under 4 gallons at the beginning of the boil, which then boiled down to, say, 3.5 or so. I was batch sparging, by the...

Hi Folks: My first partial mash is boiling away on the stove right now. All in all, things have gone well: my DIY mash tun worked like a charm and held temp well, the wort smells heavenly, and in 7 weeks I hope to be drinking a kicking brown ale. According to Palmer's online *How To Brew,*...

Hey, Beer Lovers: So I've been making yeast starters for a while, and love them. For reasons that have to do with using gyle as my source of carbonation, I need some advice. I always made a half-gallon starter, and just pitched the entire thing--liquid and all--into my carboy. Here's the...

Hi Folks: Psyched to find this forum! I've been haunting it for a while, but now it's time for my first post. I did a bunch of searches, and I couldn;t find that anyone had posted quite this question. Nevertheless, if this comes up frequently, and I missed it, apologies in advance...