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Here is a picture of my crush. It was done on a Barley Crusher (MaltMill) at the default setting. Thoughts? Also, I'm still wondering what to expect in terms of flavor as a result of only doing a 60 minute boil instead of a 90 minute boil as called for in the recipe. Thanks!

After a few weeks of reading as much as I could on this forum - thanks everyone for the insanely good information - I finally did my first all-grain brew. It was a lot of fun and now I'm hooked. The SWIMBO helped out and I took a ton of notes. A special shout out to whoever created the well...

So... I did my first 2.5 gallon all-grain batch and used my 3 gallon better bottle. Brew went great, and I guess the yeast agreed because I went away for a few days and came back to my first ever bung blowout! I think I'll be fine - by the time I cleaned everything up and put the airlock back...

Another update: about 2 weeks in. Regulator holding pressure, both beers carbonated, and they are TASTY.

Update: tank is now holding pressure. Still not exactly why the gauge dropped from 12 to 0 over a span of 4 days, maybe it was the fact that it was warm when I put it in, as CadillacAndy and Masonjax have said. I appreciate your help! Crossing fingers that it continues to hold.

Thanks CadillacAndy and masonsjax. The tank was room temp when I set it. I just did another set of leak tests, and can't find any. I cranked up the psi to 25 and still no bubbles. As beer absorbs the c02 is it normal for the regulator gauge to drop? Do I need to check it every day or so during...

The bottle is not empty. I turned it on, set it to 12, and left it on. Four days later, the keg psi gauge (not the co2 can gauge) reads 0. Turned it back to 12 yesterday. This morning, it was down to 10. C02 still reads 500.

This is my first time kegging. I did a lot of research and thought I knew what I was doing. I have 2 kegs hooked up to my regulator using a splitter/manifold with valves. One keg has 5 gallons, the other 4 gallons. I set the PSI on the regulator at 12. Leak tested, everything seems sealed...

Thanks for that. I'm brewing Yooper's Lakefront-ish clone, it's 1.073. I'll use my 3 gallon carboy for the entire fermentation (won't rack to secondary). I'll be careful when pulling samples and when dry hopping so as to not disturb the air cushion. Then rack to the new kegerator! Thanks very...

I'm about to try my first 2.5 gallon batch. I am planning on using a 5 gallon carboy for the primary. So there will be a large headspace, which will be filled with C02 during primary fermentation, and that's fine. I have heard it's not a great idea to rack to a secondary for dry hopping due...

Clearing out space in the closet now...

I'm not that experienced, but I'm monitoring this thread since I've got a question posted here too. I suppose rousing the yeast isn't possible b/c you must be fermenting in a big ol' conical fermenter or something? Good luck with this. I love this recipe. I added table sugar to my first attempt...

I brewed Yooper's MiniMash Lakefront-ish recipe and it's by far the best beer I've made out of 20 or so batches. I finally got an IPA to taste hoppy and dry instead of the sweet, malty beers that keep coming out of my kitchen. I used 2 lbs of sugar (replacing 2 pounds of dme) to 'dry out' the...

It's been a month ans zero replies? Anyone? This is a GREAT beer!!

I do, I've got a chest freezer with temp controller.

My new favorite beer is Widmer Brothers Hopside Down India Pale lager. Hoppy and bitter, clear, clean and crisp, it's just delicious. I'd like to brew a clone of this as a partial mash recipe. From their website, I found this information: 50 IBU 6.7 % ABV 15.0 plato Malts: Pale, Caramel...

My new favorite beer is Widmer Brothers Hopside Down India Pale lager. Hoppy and bitter, clear, clean and crisp, it's just delicious. I'd like to brew a clone of this as a partial mash recipe. From their website, I found this information: 50 IBU 6.7 % ABV 15.0 plato Malts: Pale, Caramel...

@eanderson, @varmintman, & @DoD, thanks very much for the solid advice. I appreciate you three weighing in. Very helpful!

This question has been viewed 65 times with no responses. I'm curious...Why? A) dumb newbie question. All 65 of us know the answer but are not interested in filling answering, so we read without commenting. B) Good question, one all 65 of us have thought about at one time or another, none of us...

The closet where I bottle condition my beers averages 55-60 degrees, so I lay a plastic ferm-wrap over 2 open beer crates, bottles in the crates, and then lay a thin towel over the ferm-wrap. I use a plastic thermostrip in the crates and it tells me that the ferm wrap is getting temps up to 70...