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Just wanted to let you know i got 80.77% efficiency on my first all grain!! thanx to your help!!

well hooked up my numbers to beersmith and looks like i got 80.77% efficiency on my first all grain!!! thanx for your help once again!!

I just finished brewing my first 5 gal all grain in a 50 qt Coleman xtreme and was very happy with it..held my temps very good and it's big enough to move up to 10 gal batches.

Well I brewed my first all grain this Saturday and everything was on the money!!! Mash temps sparge temps and pre boil volume!!! Woohoo!! This was possible due to the amount of help and knowledge here at HBT so THANK YOU!!! Now I was wondering how good my efficiency was how do I calculate this?

of course you too yoop!!!:mug:

Well first all grain went great besides a stuck mash which was fixed pretty quick... hit all my temps on the money ended up doing one sparge with 4.8 gallons of water and hit my SG !! Woohooo thamx for the help guys!!!

im using a bazooka tube. now would it be more efficient to do 2 equal sparges or add the volume of the two sparges and do one larger volume sparge?

Am i right about the stirring then waiting for grain bed to settle then draining or just add water wait 5 min and drain without stirring?

So... ive been extract brewing for about a year but i finally got all the equipment i need to move to all grain!! Woohoo!!:ban:.. I ordered a kit from NB and will be brewing it today using the batch sparge method but im all confused because everyone does it so different. I put the recipe into...

you could always brew some vanilla cream ale just use less hops and more vanilla

damn what a funny coincidence me and my microbiology teacher were talking today and he was telling me about this same guy but we live in miami so he mail orders and he was telling me how much of a prick he is but he has great prices and fresh stuff... look up opinions about his store and u will...

well guys i already kegged the shakespeare stout and it tastes amazing...could use more time in the keg if it can last that long cuz my friends are already wanting more.

what is balancing your system?

udont worry about the OG im sure it wont change the flavor much...Glad to hear u have alot of activity going on mine is bubbling pretty vigourously too:)....im going to look into that yeast starter kit too.

I Bought A Stainless Steel Pot From Sports Authority And A Magnet Wont Stick To It....sorry For The Caps

thanx alot for the quick responses. :)

well......i finished brewing already everything went as planned....lets see how long it takes for this pacman yeast to start up,,,finished off with a 1.060 OG just like the recipe calls for.

do i have to shake it up every once in a while

so that means if i force carbonate i dont need to wait the usaul 3 weeks of conditioning?

so what your saying is if i force carbonate i would leave it at room temp w/o co2 for lets say 2 weeks for conditioning then i put it in my fridge and force carbonate it?