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Yes I was making a 5 gallon batch. Have you used raw corn in any of your recipes? What would you suggest that I do differently next time?When I say not all of the corn was cracked/crushed, I mean like 1 out of every 20 or 30 kernels... Should I find a way to grind it even more? Would that help?

I don't have a grain crusher so I just ordered the grain from Morebeer.com and chose to have them crush it. I tried to use a coffee grinder to crush the corn but it kept getting stuck on some of the whole pieces of corn. I thought about the blender, but I didn't know if it would ruin it...

On Sunday I woke up and decided I was going to brew my first all grain batch of beer. I brewed my very first batch (extract kit) one month ago. I brewed an Blonde Ale extract brew that had steeping grains on this past Thursday. I brewed an Oatmeal Stout on Friday that was a Partial Mash kit...

That's what I figured, I just didnt know if anyone had done anything similar. Thanks for the info though! :D

That's what I figured, I just didnt know if anyone had done anything similar. Thanks for the info though! :D

I meant I am at school during the week and at home on the weekends...

I am trying to make homemade wine coolers. I want to bottle once I hit approximately 3-4% ABV. I will then wait for carbonation, and then pasteurize the bottles to stop fermentation... I don't know the exact gravity of the juice I will be using but would guess that it would be somewhere in te...

I am just looking to get some additional reading material and was just wondering what other people find as valuable when it comes to reading material magazine wise? Any free suggestions? Thanks

Yes I meant 3% ABV... Sorry for the confusion...

I am looking to make homemade wine coolers from juice concentrate. I want to bottle once it hits about 3% and let bottle condition until carbonated to my liking. I then want to pasteurize the bottles to kill the yeast. I have heard of people using this technique with ale yeast but I am looking...

I am looking to make homemade wine coolers and want to use this method to stop fermentation after carbonation has been achieved... I am looking to use a champagne yeast and just didn't know if it would work with this type of yeast? Any experience? Any help would b appreciated! Thanks!

Just about ready to bottle my first 5 gallon batch... Can't Wait! Thread Total To Date: 25,061

Hey everyone, I am looking to use raw corn in a recipe and I have read that I have to cereal mash the corn to make the starches available for conversion. While multiple places state this, it is very difficult to find a place that tells you exactly how to cereal mash the corn to make it read...

Ok, thanks for all of the ideas and suggestions! When it comes to making a recipe for a 5 gallon batch, (if I were to do all grain) how do I come up with how much of each grain I need to use? If I wanted to use 6-row, corn, and then some type of SG (any suggestions) how do I decide how much of...

Using the search bar didn't really show any results so anyone with any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Ok, thanks for all of the valuable info!

Hahaha well I guess that will have to be clear enough! :D Did you use any clarifiers like irish moss?

Ok, that sounds a lot easier than what I was planning on doing. How is the clarity of the final product?

How does brewing in a bag work (and thanks for clarifying what BIAB is, Ive seen it several times on the forums)? I thought about putting all of the grain in a paint strainer bag, but then do I just put that straight into my mash water? With this being my first all grain batch, I haven't got...

I am preparing to do my first all grain brew. it is a recipe (Multiple-Honey Ale) and since it has such a small grain bill, I was wondering how much water I should use when I mash the grain? I have heard that you should use the ratio of 1-1.5 qts of water per pound of grain. Since the grain...