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Thanks, I think I get this now. So I drain my mash water into my kettle and then add sparge water and drain it to get the rest of the malty goodness out and to make up my pre boil volume? Also this might be a stupid question but if I am mashing for 60 mins does that 60 mins start after I have...

Should I do this with all of the water that I need? If so how much campden should I use?

Thanks for the reply I'll set up an account. Sorry I didn't know that I had to add sparge water to the mashtun after, so this is making more sense. If I am trying to make a 5.5 G batch and I add 3.13 Gs of strike water how much sparge water should I add to the mashtun if I am planning on doing...

What do you mean by my first runnings? Do I need to preheat the mash tun, drain it then add the strike water and then drain it and then add new strike water? What is the purpose of this process?

Hello everyone, I'm about to do my first all grain batch and I used a strike water calculator can someone tell me if I did it right. I am at about 500 ft above sea level. I want to do a 152 F infusion for 60 mins. I will be doing an 11 lb batch. My malt will be about 65 degrees warm. The...

Hi everyone, I'm about to do my first all grain batch! Everything came in the mail today except for the hops which I am still waiting on. Can you tell me if my plan to make beer makes sense? Step one: Measure out my malt and put it in my mashtun and then boil water in my kettle and when the...

Thanks everyone! Do you notice a difference in flavor if you use table sugar instead of dextrose?

Do you know how many teaspoons you would use in both 500ml bottles and a 330 ml bottle? Does everyone use a scale or do you just use measuring spoons?

Hi everyone, I was wondering how much dextrose I need to add to a 500ml bottle to prime it? Thanks in advance!

Thanks! I appreciate it!

Hello everyone! I was wondering what company that is located in Canada ( I want to avoid duties) has the best prices? Thanks in advance!

Thanks for all the help guys. It honestly does not leak that much. It might leak out half a can on beer or a can over an hour so I'm not too worries about it. I know that there would be left over liquid in my mashtun anyways. I might just try it again from scratch with a washer. Thanks again...

Here are the pictures guys. It's a mashtun and it only leaks a bit. Instead of trying to install the valve again I might just use food grade silicone. I'm not sure what to do.

Thanks everyone that certainly helps! Also I've tried getting a good seal on my mashtun a couple times now and am still getting a bit of a leak. Should I use some sort of food grade silicone on top of the tape or just do it again with more teflon tape?

So I can assume that any PTFE tape is indeed food grade?

Good to know guys thanks! Now is all white plumbers tape the same as PTFE tape?

I'm going to take another crack and assembling my mash tun. Do you know if regular plumbers tape is safe or do you use food grade plumber's tape?

What happens if the flame has some yellow in it? Does this mean that the flame is too hot and my batch is at risk of burning? How do I keep the flame blue? Also I have not considered switching to electric because I want to do 20G batches at some point and I think doing that on a propane burner...

Hello everyone! I am switching to all grain and getting all of the pieces together for my next batch. It appears as if my ceramic stove top probably won't support a 5 gallon batch so I was just going to bite the bullet and get a propane burner. In the future I'll be doing 15 or even 20 G...

Thanks guys! I added K sorbate and K meta at the same time. Do you think if I let it go for 3 weeks I'll be good to bottle?