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Where do you guys go? I got 62% on an APA recently and got the grains from American Brewmaster in Raleigh.

its wierd to me. I use a converted keg and SS braid. My proceedure is virtually the same as yours, Mindflux. The minor differences shouldnt give me 56% instead of your high 70's. I know I can just use more grain, but it bothers me that I have no clue why I cant get more sugars. I think I...

I've got an American Wheat on tap right now, its kind of a wierd recipe. 45% wheat, 2-row and some munich, 28IBU's of saaz and hallertaur, Wyeast 1338 Euro ale with an OG of 1.053. It came out tasting a little bit like budweiser with wheat in it. I dont taste any hops. I think it got a...

sweet! good to know. I've always gone the extra mile with the sparge just in case it might up my eff.

I run it dry, then immediately add sparge water and let it sit for an hour.

Sorry its been a while, I was out for the weekend. Maybe you guys can help me figure out why I cant get over 60%. I'm a batch-sparger, using about 1.5qt/lb in the mash. I usually hit 152-155 degrees which fall to about 145 over 90 minutes. I reheat my kettle to 168 before recirculating and...

Makes sense. I'm not too worried about it, just trying to learn whats really going on with these hops. I think I need to take a class in hop utilization.

Well, after boiling 20 minutes and then going idle for an hour, I proceeded to boil for another 30 minutes. So did they get a 50 minute boil, or would the bitterness drop out while waiting around?

lately I've been getting really low efficiency (58-62%), so I've been shooting high and managed to hit the recipe target most of the time. I'm happy that I'm hitting my targets, but I wonder does my low efficiency still hold me back from making really, really good beer? Compensating for these...

A starter shouldn't be necessary, a simple yeast slurry will do. Many brewers do this especially with high grav recipes.

Thanks for the speedy replies! I guess its a good thing it happened before adding the flavoring hops, or else I'd get some out the roof bitterness with a hop schedule of 2oz chinook @60, 1oz @20 and 1oz at flame-out. :rockin:

What affects are likely from this? I added my 60 minute hops, 20 minutes later the propane went out. It took me an hour to replace it and get it boiling again. What happens to bittering hops that boil for 20 minutes and then sit like that? It boiled down to the right volume at least, and I...