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my first attempt a a schwarz a couple months ago but I had to much Black Malt so the taste is off from what I wanted.

This was the first time I free balled my hops in the boil. Too effing messy.

About a minute later, she went crazy

Made a Schwarzbier this weekend. I can see why the 10 gallon cooler is recommended. If I wanted to do a mash out, I don't have the room in the 5 gal.

Leak testing the IC I made. About 40' in the coils themselves. Used the 90 elbows.

This was my first AG attempt and It went well although there were a couple "hitches" and notes were taken to try to improve the process. This is a Schwarzbier because I LOVE them. :) First, the recipe: 9lbs Pilsner Malt 1lb Munich Malt 0.75lb Carafa II 2oz Hallertau 2.4% AA at 60 0.5oz...

Just did my first AG and my first 2 lagers in one shot (another extract batch to go with the AG bathc). They really want to fight you on the temp. I have my JC turned down the 45° at the moment and the fermenters are holding 51° pretty steady. :) That's the only thing I can offer...

Congrats! Made my first one Saturday night!

Cool. Thanks man.

I used a dowel rod but I still under filled the pre-boil volume. I filled to a 60 minute boil and I did a 90 minute. oops.

Hey, guys, I'm doing my first AG tonight followed by an extract batch. Doing 10 gallons because I'm making 2 lagers and I don't want to waste all that time with the JC'd freezer for just one batch. Anyway, I need to add some salts to my mash water but I'm not sure if my additions are per...

You have to build your equipment profile including the plastic cooler mash tun (if that's what you're using). Select the correct mash profile. The brew sheet tells you exactly what to do. Strike temp, batch size and temp too.

What I would do personally is boil 5 gallons of water with a few cups of white vinegar in it for about 15 minutes to clean it. Then you should be good to go!

Regardless of what anyone says, cidery flavors are not from sugar. You will boost your ABV with adding booster to a HME and DME mix but you will also need about another week or two conditioning time to meld the flavors.

Did you calculate efficiency?

Thanks, chefmike. I'm just afraid it will have that harshness I keep reading about. Do you take pH readings of your mash?

Good tip. I am thinking of doing this too (moving the whole thing outside).

Ok, I was planning on brewing my first AG tomorrow but in light of not having my full water report back from my city yet, I have decided to hold off. I don't want to screw up the first batch. Here is what I have from the City so far. I'm still prodding to get the rest. Alkalinity (mg/l)...

Schlitz Malt Liquor? Yeah, Had some about 12 years ago. Wasn't a big fan back then.

Booster is a separate component altogether. Most recipes from MB do not use the booster, just the LME (multiple cans). Your American Blond is hopped and is made to give about 10 IBU's to a 2.13 gallon batch NOT BOILED. Who the hell knows what would happen if you boiled it.