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This was my 2nd AG batch and I had the grains crushed at the same LHBS both times. My first brew (EdWort's Hefe) I got around 73%-74%. When I bought the ingredients for this one the guy working there said he doesn't adjust the crush at all so it would have been the same. At any rate, I'm...

So it's looking like the Flaked Oats have led to the stuck mash/sparge. Is it conceivable that the stuck sparge led to the low efficiency or did I miss something along the way. One variable I forgot to add but remembered upon reviewing my brew day notes - when I mashed in my temp was 150°...

Do you clamp the hose to the barbs or just slid it over them? Can't really find the real SS clamps that won't corrode.

Definitely stainless. My LHBS has them for $55 which is pretty reasonable, the only thing keeping me from pulling the trigger is the connection to the ball valve is only made with the high temp hosing from a barb on the false bottom to the barb on my ball valve. Still deciding between a...

What do you put a 3/8 in copper pipe or different?

Brewed my second AG recipe this weekend. Recipe consisted of 15lbs of 2 Row, 2 lbs Flaked Oats and 1 lb Crystal 20 I have a Home Depot cooler conversion as my MLT with a steel braid as the filter. My mash got stuck I'm guessing during my lautering and I thought it was just done draining...

Think I read in another thread that the foam will fit in a slow cooker liner that you can pick up in the grocery store (near the tin foil and plastic bags).

Let me share the perspective of someone who's been brewing for 4 months (6 batches - 2 AG) and has a 5g SS pot that has now been relegated to kitchen duty, a 7.5g alum pot that does work as an HLT and a 10g SS kettle - do it right the 1st time and get the 10g. You'll never have to worry about...

+1 on the dry hop. I secondaried (word?) for 2 weeks and dry hopped for the last 7 days. Great hop flavor and aroma, IMO.

Check my previous post. Used 2 oz. of Kona beans, coarse ground in 12 oz. of cold filtered water. Let it steep overnight and I added mine to secondary with the vanilla beans. Was in secondary for 2 weeks and is now almost 4 weeks in the bottle. Stuff is great. You get vanilla on the front and...

I only let it chill for about 6 hours before pouring this so it may clear up some as my other bombers are refrigerated. I couldn't wait any longer after 6 weeks (2 primary, 2 secondary and 2 bottle conditioning). Also, I did the PM version so the extract may have added to that as well.

Zombie Dust and Dark Lord are the two 3F brews that I want to try but haven't had yet so I can't compare to the original. My PM/BIAB version was ready for consumption on Tuesday and boy, this is a great recipe. Thanks skeezer!! Finished up at 6.55% ABV, nice and crisp. Hop aroma and flavor...

I use iBrewmaster and it gives me the wrong target temp for sparge water as well. iBrewmaster however doesn't account for a batch sparge and I attributed the incorrect temp to that. I just shoot for 190-200 and have been right around 70% for both ny AG brews thus far.

This may have been one of the causes for low efficiency. Probably want the sparge water closer to 190° - 200° to raise the grain bed to around 170°.

I just did Denny Conns Bourbon Vanilla Porter and added cold pressed coffee as an homage to V@S which is easily one of my two favorite beers. My OG was 1.082 and I used 2 Madagascar vanilla beans, split and quartered and soaked in 6 oz. of Makers Mark. Cold pressed 2 oz. of Kona coffee in 12...

Served mine out of the bottle on Friday. ABV came in at 7.7% without the 6 oz. of Makers Mark factored it. What a well balanced brew. Vanilla on the front and a faint bourbon taste at the back. As the glass and brew warm up, the Kona I used really shines through towards the bottom of the...

The first hop addition is actually a FWH. I think it's in the Beersmith file as 20 minutes as the IBU counts are similar.

Just double checked - iBrewmaster calculated it at 3.52 oz

Don't quote me on this cause my numbers are in iBrewmaster and I don't have my iPad with me at work but I'm pretty sure it calculated it to around 2.5 oz of priming sugar. I can double check when I get home and let ya know.

Finally got a nice day to brew this up on Saturday. Was my first AG batch and had a multitude of burner issues (Brinkmann Turkey Fryer with the heat sensor). After finally figuring out how to bypass the auto shutoff I was able to get things moving and and came in with an OG of 1.054 which...