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I attempted my first all grain via BIAB today. This entire experience has been well an experience...starting when I forgot the DME from the LHBS and had to haphazard my way through trying to make a starter out of some of my grain and then just dumping the entire starter including my mini wort...

1.016 is FG. OG is 1.060... Mine will be a little lower my Boil Gravity was only 1.041 my efficiency was only 68.8% Now in fermentation. OG for my batch is 1.055

Not sure. I made my starter and brew tomorrow. I'll let you know if a few weeks. ;)

Actually I am going to try this... I am going to take some of the grains make a starter wort. It will be at a higher gravity, unfortunately, but I'll add yeast nutrient to help keep the yeast happy and healthy so they can handle the 1.060 OG. What do I have to lose?

Actually I am going to try this... I am going to take some of the grains make a starter wort. It will be at a higher gravity, unfortunately, but I'll add yeast nutrient to help keep the yeast happy and healthy so they can handle the 1.060 OG. What do I have to lose?

Since all my grains are mixed together I think I'll just go back to the lhbs and buy some dme today. Maybe I should be more adventurous. :/

Also smart and easy solution. Thanks

Thank you. I thought for sure I was missing something obvious and would look like an idiot for asking. So glad to know I will have to actually mark the kettle.

I am doing my first biab and want to be able to calculate efficacy but I don't know how to tell what my ending water volume was after mash in. Should I mark my brew pot? Is there a better way to figure out the volume?

Karl Strauss - Red Trolley

Hmm. it's a clone recipe that I stole from here and another site. Both called for this amount of crystal though. I'm too much of a newb to know it was off. :/

Good to know thanks. This helped me not have to fit in yet one more thing during this crazy day. ;)

I suppose I should just bite the bullet and give this a shot. What do I have to lose right? Now what should my grain to water ratio be? All my grains are mixed together and already milled so I'm going to have to use all of them instead of just using a 2row like I have seen in other recipes...

I found this recipe before I found the one's on here. This will be my first all-grain but here is the recipe. 5.5 Gallon batch OG- 1.060 FG- 1.016 5.5 lb American Pale 2 row 3.25 lb Crystal 80L 2.25 lb crystal 60L 1 lb Belgian Biscuit .5 lb Carapils .87 oz Tettnager - 60 min...

Haha. I had considered doing this but my thought was different. I thought maybe I could take some of the grains for the beer, make a wort and make my starter that way. But instead of separating the yeast from the wort, just pouring in the entire starter wort and all. thoughts? We'll call it...

Krausening is actually using the yeast alone for carbonation according to the googles. :)

Hmm I didn't know i could do that. I'll do some googling to see if i can figure it out. Thanks.

Thanks. I appreciate the help. :)

I'm an idiot. I went to the LHBS to get all the ingredients for my first all grain brew. I bought the yeast and told the clerk I would just make a starter.. except I didn't buy any DME. Sigh. I do have yeast nutrient from wyeast but i assume you can't make a starter from only nutrient?

We are expecting our first frost tonight. Should I go ahead and cover my hops plants with a covering of mulch? Is mulching just the mound enough? They are in a raised bed if that matters. Thanks in advance.