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Thanks bobby, i did read that a couple times this week. I guess i didnt totally trust beersmith since it bases everything on my pre-boil volume. (i could say i loose 5 gallons to trub and it makes no adjustments except adding more sparge water). Then the online calculators we saying to add a...

Thanks, i just realized i had selected a mash out by mistake. So i guess my question is, is that enough sparge water to get enough sugars that i can actually hit 75%

I am trying to get my system down, and efficiency coupled with sparge water have got me confused. I use a 10 gallon rubbermaid round cooler and batch sparge. Simple recipe. OG ~1.057 6.5 lb red wheat 4.5 lb german pilsner .75 oz hops Mash in - 13.75 qt sparge - EDIT(6.03 Gal) 60 minute...

Thanks! that will help. In your opinion, when you say small....you think 1 - 1.5 lbs?

i havent tried using just Special B to get the rasin flavor. I wanted to use the rasin "juice" in place of Candi Sugar.

I am exploring using some Rasin Juice Conentrate / Puree in a Blegian beer. Anyone have experience trying something like this? Im trying to figure out approximately how much I would use in a 5 gallon batch. How much sugar might be fermented out. Here are some details on one i found. Any...

I purchased a new sankey tap for my kegerator and used it for the first time recently. I had only been tapping homebrew until now and it seems like there was a little metallic off taste with this commercial keg or possibly the new tap? I didnt clean it or anything, just tapped it and started...

Ill be the first to say, buy a 5 gallon. You will be glad later.

Thanks for the pic! Im off to BeverageFactory.

Is the height going to be a problem? anyone doing this?

i have two of them. I "calibrated" it in a glass of ice water, and it seemed to be accurate. Right before it went down to 32 degrees, it starting showing "LO" for the temperature. The two i have are within 1 degree of each other. I did waterproof one for the mash.

Just curious, are you going to use two burners, or just use the MLT on the burner, mash, sparge into some other container and then pour it back into the kettle and put it back on the burner?

I tasted from the hydrometer tube, its tasted good, but i barely noticed the spices. Maye ill wait until right before i keg.

There wasnt much spice aroma now that fermentation is done. Im am thinking about adding 1/2 the amount of the original spices. Would suggest that I just boil a cup or so of water and add the spices at the very end, cool and add to the secondary? Landhoney, how is yours looking?

Yeah, it is Jamil's. Ive never done spices and was wondering how much they will add. I dont want alot of spice, but if there is no spice, its kind of a boring beer.

Im making this tomorrow. Any thoughts/suggestions? Starting Gravity: 1.090 SG Batch Size: 5.50 gal Final Gravity: 1.024 SG Hops Used 0.90 oz Warrior [15.00 %] (60 min) Hops 50.4 IBU Grains Used 17.75 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 94.67 % 0.75 lb Caramel/Crystal...

Do you know if those paint strainers be ok in a 60 minute boil? (maybe for a hop bag?

Get the propane burner now, and brew outside, regardless of the season.

So does that mean northern Brewer sent me kegs with the wrong poppet valve? I didnt think they were interchangeable.

So my keg that had the leaky poppet say pepsi on one side and "The Cornelius Co" on the other. Which one of these poppets is K102? mine is NOT yellow like the middle one. http://www.northernbrewer.com/keg-repair-parts.html