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The Pol, your comments are great. Regarding: #1 - I will start doing that. I will probably hook a hose up to my copper sparge ring and sit it right on top of the grain bed. Right now, it is all copper from a coupler in the top of the MLT, so it has to fall, but I can fix that. # 2 -...

I know you're not trying to be a smart ass, you are just smart, and if you are anything like me, your probably as ass too! (just kidding, you always have good answers for me lil SParky). The problem is, eventually the water will stop flowing into my boil kettle. Now, I dont believe this is a...

I mash in the Keg, so that I can direct fire to keep the temp, or step mash (which I have yet to try). I vorlauf about 3 gallons. Again, Im a newbie to the AG, so Im still dialing in my system, and still figuring out all the little nuiances (sp?) such as "how cloudy should the wort still be...

I have a SABCO false bottom on a keggle MLT. Any time I have to adjust my flow into the kettle, a bunch of grains come through. How do I fix this? Also, due to this issue, i assume that I have to strain my wort before I boil it. Is this correct? Thanks guys.

If i have a recipe that calls for, lets say, Cascade at 5.5, but I can only get Cascade with 7.8, then how do I work this out in my recipe? For example, my recipe (beersmith) suggests 34 IBUs, but if I plug in the same weight of the cascade that I have, then I end up with 54. How do I...

My LHBS doesnt have the Safale-04 that my Cascade Orange Pale ale requires. What do you guys think would be a good substitute? While I was there, I picked up a Safale-05, WL005-British Ale, and some Nottingham just in case, but let me know if you think any of these would be good, or what...

SO how does it work? Send us some pics of your crush.

In the #3 crush, most of the hulls were released, though, I saw several still hanging out in the husk. Im not sure to what exent that would hurt my efficiency. The #4 released all the hulls, but also produced a bit more flour. Im not sure if it is enough to cause any lautering problems...

And here is a pic of the new toy. I hope this gives me good efficiency, cause the wifey doesnt want to sign the invoice for a nice malt crusher. I will send some pics once I get it rigged u pwith a hopper on a bucket. I will only be hooking it up to my drill, as motors (as used by...

I have been tracking this thread for a while now becauase I have an atlas pasta maker. I finally took some action tonight. I went with the drill method, and I think it worked pretty well, though I could probably use to score it up a little more. It only took me about 15 minutes to score...

I used the ph 5.2 product... I dont know if that helps or hurts me... So, should I be taking gravity readings of the entire wort before preboil, of just the final runnings, or both? What if I am less than 1.008, but havent gotten to my target of 7 gallons (to accomodate the 2 gallons of...

YSGARD - Thank you. I appreciate the constructive answer. Not that I dont deserve to hear it from all of you (as I did from my wife last night), but at this point, Im just looking to figure out what the beer will be like, exactly what the mistakes did to the beer, and what I can do better next...

Well, I stirred it a lot as I added the cold water. I was pretty surprised that it didnt come down much either. I guess the SS of the keggle can hold a lot of heat. I didnt get any scorching at all. THe MLT was as clean as a whistle. Honestly, if I didnt know any better, I would have...

I will not drink during brewing (well, at least not till the boil).

I thought I was prepared, yet, my first batch had some serious issues. Lets see what went wrong… I was brewing Bee Cove Haus Pale Ale (as many of you suggested). I tossed in an extra ½ lb of malt to cover any potential low efficiency problems (3 keggle, tiered, gravity, fly sparge system...

Definitely leave it in. Many people dont even use a secondary.

Thank you.

Well, since nobody else has helped out here (nor on my questions...) I will chime in. I am making a brew tomorrow that calls for Nottingham (which I got...), but the recipe also says that Safale 05 would make a great substitute. The guy at my LHBS said that it makes a lite crisp beer. Im...

Im testing out a new system tomorrow. Is it possible that transfer tubing can be too large (in diameter)? I am using 5/8 ID to transfer from MLT to Kettle, and as the wort flows through during fly sparging, it only occupies a very small portion of the tube, while air occupies the rest of...

Thats correct, I cannot pump yet, but I dont see why I would need to in order to fly sparge. Am I missing something? I thought that after my mash, I simply recirculate a couple quarts, then sparge with 170` water till I get 6.5 gallons, or 1.008, whichever comes first.... Is this correct...