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I'm more wondering about why the boil kept boiling over? I got what I wanted out of the bag but the boil over was insane. It reminded me of making candy. When the sugar boils it gets thousands of small bubbles that rise real quick and I think thats what happened that made it thick. I should have...

I'm never gonna do this much rye without the beta glucan rest as I believe this was the cause to my problems with the gummy smooch causing the boil overs. Well the "almost boil overs". First one did come over the sides a bit but it was mostly foam and I was quick on the draw to kill the heat...

Well my friend heres the results so far. We decided to go 50/50 and it was 8lbs rye malt and 8lbs white wheat and 8oz rice hulls. The local homebrew dude said the rice hulls would be a necessity. We didn't go a glucane rest and mashed at 150 for an hour and ended at 147 degrees. As posted...

I will absolutely do that but sadly I'm only gonna be with my old man for the brew and pitch. Im leaving it in his hands to dry hop. He has a 6 gallon glass carboy that he uses but im also insisting he ferments in a bucket cause his glass is a small neck and I cant think of how to get 6 or 7 oz...

Gonna give it my best. Thanks for the advise!

Its dried and weighed. Its actually a combo of 4 and I forgot the last one. Its challenger, Chinook, cascade, and centennial

Thanks for the advise man! I dont really want to try this but my pops has an idea in his head. Ive always used barley but im also just over a year into brewing and im starting to get barley down but definitely not rye or wheat. Or at least not in huge quantities like this. Im getting ready to...

Have you ever used a yeast nutrient in beer? The ld Carlson packet i have says wine and beer. Ive always thought with all grain brewing there is plenty of nutrients for the yeast. When I pitch into my carboy it looks like its 90% protein and 10% liquid but it does down quick. The yeast seems to...

Most definitely noted my friend! Not out of wasting grains but I'd like to see that big gummy mash bag! I gotta learn the hard way. Im getting alot better at barley but the other grains are too new to me but im trying like hell to learn. Trials for me it is

I see what your saying. No ive only used 1lb of rye malt with 10lbs of pale malt and I didnt even notice the rye spice

Yeah I told the other guy replying im trying to talk him out of that much rye and wheat. I figure if anything after conversion we can just stirr the living piss out of it for longer to get all we can

I'm trying to talk him into a more 2 row malt brew with rye and wheat instead of the 50/50 but we will see. Ill check their website to see if he has some type of enzymes. Might have a last minute grain bill change

Ok so im wrong, I have Ld Carlson yeast nutrient. Food grade urea and diammonium phosphate. Wrong stuff. I know what your talking about now that you said it. It goes in the mash right? Gonna be getting ingredients from southern hills homebrew in Roanoke va so im sure he will have the flow max...

Even with brewing in a bag correct? I have enzymes that I bought but it says for must. I have wort. Will these work as well and how much should I use

I'm going to visit my dad for the weekend and he has grown hops for the first time. He has about 7 oz between challenger, Chinook, and cascade. Hes dead set on a 50/50 rye and wheat beer. Im down for the brew but being a rookie, im not sure how beta glucans work. I know it says rye and wheat can...

Cool good to know cause corn sugar seems like the same thing just powered. Ill try it! I used honey one time on one bottle and I over did it

It went to 1.020 according to my tilt. Temp dropped to 71 so im trying to bring it up a couple degrees but not having much luck with that. Im just gonna let it ride and see what I turns into. Now corn sugar will still prime it in my bottles correct?

Absolutely my friend! Im a baby at this hobby but I log every one of my mishaps and good turnouts so I can cross reference later when deciding. I got this idea from an all grain kit from Northern brewers and I decided to buy all the trimmings instead of the kit so I just stuck with the yeast...

If this is my Fg, won't it be super sweet? I was a sucker and bought "beer" enzymes but when I got the package the directions were for must, im not making wine or mead so ive read i got duped into buying yet another unnecessary product. I almost did a backflip when this brew visually was almost...

That to me isn't worth $140 if its not accurate. Ill give it another try and maybe contact tilt and see if there is something I can do to better calibrate it but if not, ill get my money back and buy something else, like another carboy and brew more!