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I typically use 2 thermometers. 1 floating and 1 beverage. I use them fairly interchangeably but they seem fairly consistent with either other. I have checked my gravity readings but only with water, haven't tested it sugar'd water yet. I do the iodine test and so far so good. I am...

That is what I did last weekend.. Single sparge with 4 gallons of water. Thats why I tried the double sparge to see if it made a difference. I have only been measuring gravity at pitch. I just use straight Seattle tap water which I have heard is really good as is.

So for the 3rd AG session in a row (and in total) I have been getting about 57% efficiency. I would really like to improve this. Here is my process.. I get my grains from the brew store and crush twice. 1st crush I do at their recommended setting and then I do a 2nd crush a bit finer. This...

well I've only done one PM and one AG.. the PM I got about 40% but that's mostly due to too much water and not enough time to boil off. the AG I got about 57%. I use a 10gallon rubbermaid with a steel mesh hose. Still dialing in my process. I grind my grains twice at the LHB store so guessing my...

I've had difficulties with my beers developing head retention so figuring this might help (still new to all grain) plus only getting 60% efficiency.. Still think I should lower it?

Brewhouse Efficiency: 60.00 5.25 gallons Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU 11.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 66.67 % 2.00 lb Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 12.12 % 1.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 9.09 % 0.50 lb Rye Malt (4.7 SRM) Grain 3.03 % 0.75 oz...

I bought 8lbs of hops from them about a week or 2 before the sale, wrote them an email asking if they do any sort of price adjustments. Not really expecting anything but figured would hurt to try. Fast forward a couple of week and what do I find? 5lbs of free hops at my doorstep! I will...

I just took delivery of that from buy.com on thursday. I'll probably be using it later today along with the mason jar attachment. My plan is to put 1/2lb in a mason jar that I can get in an out of easily and reseal the rest in the original bag for longer term storage.

Aww, well that's not too bad.. My price difference would have been $59.90 had I ordered just a few days later.. I just gave them a call, we'll see what they say when they get back to me.

Any word yet? I got 8lbs delivered to me last week.

Aw man! I just received 8lbs from them LAST WEEK! I would have save $40 easily at these prices..

*Whew* Excellent! Alreayd looking forward to my brewday as soon as I get a fermenter free. :mug: Here's to hoping for no more electrical fires!

Last weekend I did my first all grain brew (stove top).. Started off using my old 6 gallon kettle to heat up 4.5 gallons of mash water for 14lbs of grain. Checked my floating therm after a few minutes and was at 153 (about what I was looking for). After about 45 minutes did an iodine test and...

Wanted this to be a bit of a drier imperial irish red.. How's it look? Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU 11.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) Bel (3.0 SRM) Grain 80.00 % 1.00 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 7.27 % 0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 3.64 % 0.25 lb Roasted Barley...

Goodluck! I am doing my first All grain this weekend as well following pretty much the exact same technique.

How did this turn out with amarillo/magnum?

Did you let them pass into the fermenter or did you strain them out of the wort?

I've been wanting to do some brews with ginger for a while now.. How do you add them? Slice & last 10 min of boil? Boil a bit and add as secondary?

Good call.. Thanks for the help!

Did a quick search but didn't find much on this topic. I was wondering if it's ok to make a yeast starter using corn sugar instead of DME? Are there any advantages or disadvantages to this?