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Would you happen to want a sack of Marris Otter and a sack of Canadian Malting 2 row? :D lordura is holding mine for me and I honestly have no idea when I'll be able to get it...

It was extract only? Do you have the proper final amount of water? Test your hydrometer with plain water and see if it reads '1.000'

Merry Christmas all! Got my 60qt pot (off to bargain fittings tomorrow), a new perlick faucet and a laptop bag... Oh that's not related.

It's actually fairly well accepted as the best way to do it. It will guarantee you get the most sugar out of the grain with your intended water bill without worrying about pushing PH up and extracting tannins. I could argue that if I mashed really thick, then added a LOT of sparge water, that...

He's doing that so you have 'equal runnings' when you sparge. The original recipe calls for 2.75 gallons of strike water. Something like a gallon of that will be absorbed by the grain. The extra water is added before first runnings, which will give you ~3 gallons of first run wort. You're...

His fifth bullet is actually called vorlauf, but you probably meant that. :) And he's mashing out with the 1 gallon addition of 177 degree water, and then adding 3.5 gallons of sparge water. That first gallon isn't strictly necessary, but some think that raising the temperature with a small...

Palmer is talking about fly sparging, and you're doing batch sparging. Fly sparging or 'on the fly' sparging is essentially keeping a constant amount of water in the mash tun as you lauter. You're doing batch, where you add your sparge water, mix well, and lauter. Most people find batch to be...

Looks like you did everything right. Except that you need a chiller, lol. 62lbs of ice? Holy smokes. Don't worry about the 4 points of gravity - You probably just mashed and sparge well enough to be a bit more efficient than the recipe. Or you boiled off a bit more. Either way, good job.

Thanks man - please do. Also, any of those picking up from points north can take it, please pass that on. I'll be in touch as to when I can come get it. Thanks! Damian

Take a look at my favorite Brewpub. Brown's Taproom in Troy, NY. Troy is a dump. This place is in a crappy location. But they do a killer business because they care about everything. They of course have a brewery on site (the building has housed a brewery for over a century), but they...

First Wort Hops It means to add your first addition of bittering hops at the start of your lauter, prior to the boil. The First Wort Hop: Beer Brewing Techniques | Home Brewing Beer Blog by BeerSmith

I use my vacuum sealer right on the mylar hops bags that they come in. Works great. I do it with grain bags too. Best 20 bucks I've ever spent.

Another problem with this is that it is not only 'crowdsourcing', it's outsourcing. I'm a Graphic Designer by degree. Fortunately, I'm also a network engineer, and that actually pays the bills. I was a freelancer for around 6 months at one point (that means unemployed, by the way), and I was...

My wives don't get mad, and neither do my girlfriends.

6 points isn't all that much off your intended FG. Did you mash any higher than intended? Even a single degree?

I take mine apart only because it takes just a few seconds and I like to clean the dip tube inside and out. You don't have to though. Here's a neat trick also - If you put some cleaner in your keg (I use Oxyclean) and then hot water, close up the lid and shake it. The hot water causes the...

Also, even a beer that is nice and clear in a pint glass can be awfully hard to see through ~5 gallons of it in a carboy. Your beer really won't look like it's clarifying at least until fermentation is finished, and even then probably not until week 2 at some point. Depending on the yeast...

Ok, no response. How about does anyone live anywhere further north of the pickup point? I likely won't be able to make the pickup on Friday night as I'm travelling for the holiday - Would love to pick up the grain next week sometime. If anyone can grab mine that lives north of the pickup...

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Ed, just wanted to thank you for the recipe. Only changes I made was a half a pound of carapils mostly because I did a protein rest. This was my first brew using wheat and I wanted to try a few different things. I wanted to avoid using rice hulls just on principal, so I wanted to do a rest to...