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Thanks for the advice guys, just set the dead space to 0 and it works out perfectly. Brew on!!

this will be my first attempt at an AG porter aswell. Won't be able to brew until a week from saturday, but will update thread with my results. might swap the vanilla beans for extract because well... im a lazy man. id love to hear about that cherry addition though from one of the early posters

They work great, got the elastic so it fits snuggly around the pot.

Yeah thats what I was figuring, it was some setting i had set it was overcompensating for. I guess I cant complain though since my target sg was hit, but it was just puzzling the **** out of me, especially when i was about to do my first AG.

Hey all, I just did my first grain batch using Beersmith, everything turned out pretty good just got a couple questions I couldn't find the answer to by using the search function. Now, I don't have the recipe right now, it is on my other comp, but basically I used all the default settings...

Yeah I have 4 oz of citra pellets handy. Might move the .5 oz additions to later in the boil. Ill toy around with it tonight. Might pick up some more hops and deviate a bit from the smash concept

Hey all, looking to brew my first AG this weekend and wanted to start simple. Loving IPA's and Citra, decided to go with a SMaSH recipe: Messing around with Beersmith came up with this guy: Batch Size: 5.5 g Single infusion, light body, no mash out Boil time: 60 min Grain: 13.2 lbs...

what kind of BTU output am i looking for?

thanks for the quick response, ill definitely look into that one.

Hey all, Looking to get into all grain. Figured I was going to go to home depot and buy the parts for a 10g round cooler MLT. Also will be needing a boil kettle, i have been using a 22q aluminum kettle for my extract/partial mashes. was looking to get a burner and large boil kettle. I don't...

I only have a few batches under my belt and haven't done any all grain yet, just extract and partial mashes but here's my non-technical input: I love drinking my homebrew and think it tastes great. But I think a lot of it is in the satisfaction of knowing that I was able to make it. I've...

I did some searching and couldn't find a definitive answer. I brewed up a pumpkin ale this week, and the recipe said to add some vanilla extract to the secondary fermenter. I do not have a secondary as this was my third batch. The recipe which i loosely followed stated to let it sit in...

Excellent! Thanks once again just the answer I was looking for

You used in instead of adding nutmeg cinnamons allspice etc??

Hey all, I got almost everything ready to brew my first partial mash recipe for tomorrow. However, my local brew store does not have any large mesh bags. i was wondering if anyone knows any generic stores (walmart, grocery store, etc) which carries large bags (im thinking 24 x 24 or something...

may be a newb question here, but as my first attempt at a partial mash i was wondering a few things: what volume of water are we looking at here to use for the partial mash process and how much sparge water? and do these amounts really matter (as in being precise) in the final outcome of the...

Thanks for the tips guys I think imma pick one up. They are glass btw I think used for purified water previously

Thanks for the quick responses. I think imma pick one up since they are cheap and may as well. More for the ability to not have a lag in brews if I wanted to ferment longer rather than for the prototypical uses of a traditional secondary

I just recently picked up brewing and I have a quick question. I have. 6.5 g carboy which runs about 65 bucks at my local store. I found a really good deal on some 5 g carboys for around 15-18 bucks. I was wondering if I could pick some up and use them as secondaries so I can clear up room in...

Thanks for the quick and helpful replies. I now assume the low og was due to a water heavy sample as I just lifted up the carboy and poured it into a glass to do my test