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Thanks Here is a pic of the carboy now. i think its actually even under the 5 gallon capacity.

Thanks Recipe was a partial mash brown ale: -about 1lb grain -1 can liquid malt extract - 4lbs dry malt extract -hops took reading, it was about 1.060—little high probably Fermenting 5 gals in a 5 gal carboy

I have question about this, as well as the overall technique of brewing. Here's what happened. Mashed grain in 1 gal of water. At the same time, i was heating up between 3-4 gals of water in my 5 gallon brew kettle. after the mash, i poured it into the kettle, added the malts and...

Just dump the whole thing into the carboy? if so, what happens to all that sludge? And by scraping it out, am i effecting the taste of the beer?

thanks to you both :) cheers

This is only my second brew, so lots of dumb questions... When transferring my wort to the carboy, i'm pouring it through a funnel which has a fine mesh screen—which gets clogged almost immediately with what looks like green "hop sludge". What i've done (both times so far), is continuously...

So this is my second brew and a couple things potentially went wrong, the first being the pitching of the yeast. It was a Wyest smack pack. took it out of the fridge a few hours before brewing and smacked it—I thought it activated the pack inside, but didn't find out until a few hours...

So this is my second brew and a couple things potentially went wrong, the first being the pitching of the yeast. It was a Wyest smack pack. took it out of the fridge a few hours before brewing and smacked it—I thought it activated the pack inside, but didn't find out until a few hours...

Thanks. And regarding the use of distiller water. Couldn't I just boil water and then it cool to the target temp?

Good to hear. I just saw other recipes that stated 4-6 lbs of grain. Perhaps because it was an all grain? Without extract? I'll give it a go and post updates Cheers

Thanks It just seemed like a tiny amount of grain but maybe because of all the extract? Some good advice on here. Thanks to all of you!

Thanks It just seemed like a tiny amount of grain but maybe because of all the extract? Some good advice on here. Thanks to all of you!

Thanks. That's what I was thinking. And at what temp do you steep this?

What I have in the kit About a pound of the mixed grains munich and caramel Can of CBW munich pure malt extract 4# of powdered malt DME LT?? Cites hops Thoughts? Thanks

Is this gonna give me the Brekles Brown I'm looking for? Now I have my doubts. Thanks to you both for the great insight. I think they're telling me to steep this bag in water that's around 160-165 for about 20 minutes. I was going to go longer, then sparse with water to bring it to 5...

Thanks. Now I'm thoroughly confused 😄 The grains I have are all mixed together in one bag. Instructions say to steep on a simmer, and he told me for 20 minutes. Does that sound right? Then proceed with addition of malts, bring to boil, then hop additions

Thanks. Now I'm thoroughly confused 😄 The grains I have are all mixed together in one bag. Instructions say to steep on a simmer, and he told me for 20 minutes. Does that sound right? Then proceed with addition of malts, bring to boil, then hop additions

Thanks. The grains are a pound, maybe a little over. Munich and caramel, I'm making a Brekles Brown. The rest is powdered malt and liquid malt. The guy told me to steep them for only 20 mins. Seems low to me though, but this is only my second brew. Any help would be great Thanks

Oh and there's only about a pound of grain. The rest is malt extract

Well. The mash volume is 2 Gallons. The final will be 5. Not sure what the target temp is. The recipe doesn't say.