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You got it man! Another quick tip, I forgot to mention, is to heat your sparge water up to around 185. I usually hit 168 right on the money from kettle to MT, you can always go a little higher just to be safe and just keep stirring until you reach 168 and close it up. The stirring will actually...

Exactly what mdindy said. Certain yeast strains are more active and create more krausen than others. Just take a note of which ones do so you know for the next time. When I am using a knew strain of yeast I always throw on the blow off tube just to be safe and take a note as to whether or not I...

Remember to take good notes too so you can calibrate all of your equipment.

I have the same mash tun set up so here is what I do. Heat your water about 10 degrees above your strike water temp and dump it in your mash tun then close the lid for about 5 min. this will preheat your mash tun for you. after 5 min take the lid off and check the temp. I usually lose about 7...

I throw mine in some star san while im making the starter. Boiling it will work too, in fact it will probably work better.

Crap!!! Sorry I got confused. Thank you for correcting me.

Was your base malt pilsner? If so, you should have done a 90 min boil. It would have boiled off all of the diacetyl.

Yeah that is some super bad efficiency. Make sure your hydrometer is calibrated.

It all depends on what your post boil volume is supposed to be. If you were planning on having a 5 gallon post boil volume and thats what you have then it is probably due to grain efficiency. in other words, your not extracting as much sugar from the grain as you can. this is usually due to a...

That sounds tasty!!! just take good tasting notes so if the honey notes don't come through you bump up the honey malt. you could also consider adding actual honey if you want to bring up the profile a bit more. I would try bumping up the honey malt to about 7-8% first and go from there...

I'm with the rest of the group. I think you should have left it in the secondary a bit longer but its all good. Throw it in a closet or basement and forget about it for a while. Try it at christmas as a present to yourself.

A beer that big needs to condition for a fair amount of time. did you use a secondary? if so how long? Another culprit could have been your fermentation temp. what temp did you ferment at? Hopefully it just needs to sit for a little while to mellow out. If it has only been 2 months since your...

Exactly what he said ^^^ you are gonna come home to a nicely mellowed out beer.:mug:

At that temp your going to start getting fruity esters. It's not going to ruin your beer but its not going to be the best it can be, thats all. if you can try to get it somewhere cooler like a basement. US 05 does its best around 65 degrees. Unfortunately, unless you have a temp controlled...

Best advice I can give you is take good notes, especially on your first all grain brew day. your first all grain brew day is an experiment to see how your equipment works. the more you understand your equipment the better your beer will be. take good notes, and make the necessary adjustments.

Look in your area for a home brew supply store and they can usually point you in the right direction. You are going to need a decent amount of equipment depending on whether you want to go all grain or stick with extract. I suggest upgrading your MR BEER kit to a better 5 gallon kit and go from...

try putting some teflon tape on your threads. Another issue may be you are tightening the nut too much and the seal is actually warping a little. I have had it happen to me before. As long as the seal isn't warped or defective the only place the water could be getting through is your threads. I...

👍 let us know how it turns out.

If you want to make your own extract I would use vodka and let it sit for a few days prior and taste it first. I think everclear might be a little harsh.

Just a heads up with the grapefruit zest. It will impart a very bitter flavor for a good month or so after it has been carbed. It usually dissipates a little, but a little goes a long way so don't over do it. as far as your dry hopping issue goes, I would just dry hop the whole batch then rack...