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Good catch, I was aerating with a pump and diffusion stone.

Good call, the recipe has an OG of 1.065-1.069, so I'm clearly short of that. Is that directly related to not keeping a steady 154 degrees while mashing?

I had a free day yesterday and got to spend it putting my new rig to work making my first BIAB batch. I'm getting my head wrapped around it, but as everyone knows there's a lot to process! I used Brewer's Friend and because this is my first brew I had to go with some estimates on what my...

Thanks for the suggestions and support. I didn't mean to imply that it would/should be easy or that I was gonna take my ball and go home. Just frustrated at less than stellar results so far. I got my burner situation fixed, and I've got nothing to do today but brew, so I'm heading out to...

Great Success! I bought a new tank at home Depot and had it filled. Brought it home, connected it up and got it lit on the first try. Time to brew!!!

Two good points, and I think racking to secondary on the Amber Ale is where things went south on that one. I used priming sugar according to the directions in the kit. Bottle conditioned two weeks, then refrigerated. I've tried a few since then, hoping it needed a bit more time, but it's just...

0 for 3 on the brewing so far with extract kits. First batch was an IPA that while it tasted alright was more like a Bass Ale than an IPA. Second Batch was a Russian River Blind Pig kit that tastes like an oak barrel (too much chips for too long?) Giving it more bottle time in hopes that...

Thanks for the responses. It's an adjustable valve on the burner, so I'll try some of the methods suggested above for getting the gas to flow. Long term it will probably be resolved when I get a replacement tank. I'd exchange it now, but I just go it refilled which is kind of a waste. It's...

I bought a Bayou Classic KA4B burner from amazon last week, brought it home and hooked it up to a newly filled propane tank, went to fire it up and... nothing. No gas is flowing from the tank through the regulator. I disconnected and reconnected several times, re-read the manual in...

Thanks for the detailed answers. Ive been going back and forth on whether to go immersion or counterflow. I lean towards counterflow, feeling like it may be more future proof, for only a few bucks more?

I've made a couple of batches of brew using relatively rudimentary methods, and now I'm ready to step up my game to BIAB. I've purchased a 10gal SS Brewtech Kettle with thermometer and now I'm looking for advice on cooling my wort before pitching. I opted against the false bottom, as from...

That's very high on my agenda. I've got an Amber Ale extract kit lined up to brew for my wife next. After that, it's BIAB time for me.

Hoping it won't happen again! (though I'm sure there are other dumb mistakes waiting out there for me to make instead...)

At first I thought they were way off (too high), but now looking at it they are not too bad I guess. Recipe calls for estimated OG of 1.066-1.070 and I came in around 1.058. So maybe a lighter bodied session blind pig?

So last night i brewed up a Russian River Blind Pig clone from MoreBeer. Things were going smoothly. I was a well oiled machine, everything in place and ready to go for the next step. Unfortunately, my preparation was a little too good. The kit includes 9 lbs of malt extract in a bag...

Thanks! I guess I've been reading too many beer equipment sites that tell me if I don't have a wort chiller my beer will be a failure and I'll be a failure and lose my wife, kids and dogs, and be doomed to drinking cheap malt liquor for eternity. As far as just using the bucket to ferment...

Because it was my first brew and i didn't know any better! I had gathered that was an unnecessary step, but was looking to confirm and see if there's anything else I'm doing wrong/backwards. Thanks!

Thanks for the input! Good to know about the Al kettle. SS looks to be the single biggest expense I'd be facing at this level, so I can save that $ and put it into more recipes instead! I'll read up on the temp control and yeast pitching, but would you mind summarizing for me? Is temp...

Ah, thanks for that tip. I assumed the bucket would be accurate! I planned to do this for the carboy since it has no markings, but I'll do both.

Hey all, I made my first batch a couple of weekends ago and it's resting nicely in bottles waiting to be sampled. Everything was looking and smelling good as I bottled it, so I've got high hopes for the end result! I thoroughly enjoyed the process and have been reading up trying to...