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I have a 5 gallon circular igloo style mash tun. What is the maximum amount of grains you can safely mash with? 10-12 lbs? Assume normal amount of mash water, say 1.25-1.5 qrts/lbs.

Also, what is more important? Mash volume or sparge volume?

So if I start with a 6 gallon boil, and half way through I notice my volume is below 5 gallons, can I add more water without harming the final product? Or should I wait until I cool to add the water to be able to check gravity?

Is using less sparge water going to reduce me efficency?

Well, I can boil 6 gallons. With boil off I should get around 5 gallons left over. So I'm looking for a way to lessen my sparge quantity. I suppose I could do Biab and batch sparge? Is using top off water a no-no in all grain? Suppose I lessen all water quantities and then top off with a...

So I just finished my mash tun. It's a 5 gallon igloo cooler with a SS braid on the bottom. According to my sparge pal calculator, for 10 lbs of grain I need 3 gallons to mash in, and it says about 5 gallons to sparge. Taking into account absorption and losses, that should give me about 6-7...

I had a similar taste on one batch. I tracked it down, or so I think, to my vinyl tubing and siphon. I had used really hot water to sanitize them, so much so that it warped the siphon. So I think this released some plastic like flavors when I racked my beer and bottled it. A very costly...

Got back home today. No explosion or mess, everything seemed fine. Blow off hose was bubbling away. My temps are probably all over the place. I left the swamp cooler in the low sixties and when I came home it was in the upper sixties, and the weather has shifted from being abnormally warm to...

I just put my siphon tube into the hole in the lid. Not a tight fit, but it may work. I guess we'll. No idea it would be this intense! Btw, I tasted some of the kruesan that got on the tube when I stuck it in. That stuff is gross! Extremely bitter!

HELP! Just tried putting my 1/2 inch siphon tube on. Way too small. I got nothing else to work with.... Should I just leave the airlock on, or leave it off? I have no idea how long I'll be out of town.

Sanitizer, like starsan? Or oxyclean?

Long story short: I have to leave, my brew has been fermenting for about 36 hours. Airlock keeps filling up with gunk. No time to make a proper blow off hose. Can I just attach my 1/2 inch siphoning tube to my opened airlock to create a blow off hose? If so, what do I put the other end of...

Well, change in plans... I have to leave town today. Ill leave the airlock off for as long as possible, but I have a family emergency. Ill put it back on before I leave, unless you guys think otherwise. I don't have time to go get parts for blow off tube, unless I can use the airlock and hook...

It's been over 36 hours in fermenter. It's been super vigorous. I've had to clean and replace the airlock twice already. Was filled up with gunk, didnt want it to clog. I'm using a 6.5 gallon plastic bucket to ferment, with 5 gallons in there. So there is a lot of head space. Never had one...

Just got done brewing her up. Everything went good, except I was pretty much forced to pitch at about 72.5*. I did a full boil for the first time, cooled with ic chiller down to 80*. Over estimated the cooling effect of top off water and could only add a gallon. I couldn't add anymore or I...

So, when I boil water in my aluminum bk to set up a proper oxide layer, can I use tap water? My tap water is very hard and chlorinated. Or should I just buy some bottled water? Does it matter?

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I hear "roofie-colata's" do the trick...

Ok thanks. I've also read some recipes add some honey to it. Can anyone recommend this, and how much/when would I add this?