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No. I leave the grains in the strainer and just recycle the liquid through it the second time.

Grains are crushed, cracked, broken, etc. at the homebrew store. Start at 160, add grains, maintain\steep between 144 and 152. Final heat up to 170. At this point, I'm just using cooking pots. I have 2 different thermometers that I've used (at same time to double check). A normal cooking...

Ok. I'm not sure I know the right terminology, so I'll try to just explain what I'm doing. After I've finished with the mash, I use a fine mesh strainer over another empty pot. Then I pour the grains and liquid (mash) into the pot over the strainer to catch the grains. Then I pour additional...

I've successfully brewed 2 small batches of IPAs, but I'm having a problem with my mash efficiency. Calculated using my hydrometer and using beercalculus at hopville.com, it says was measured at 49%. As far as sparging, I have a large strainer that I use to pour the grains/water into and then...

Cool. I'll see if my local store has that, otherwise, I'll just grab it online. Thanks. Thanks for the tip about beersmith. I'll keep that in mind.

Hey all, I bottled my second small batch (1g) a few days ago and in another week or so, I should have my first non-kit, all-grain beer! Thanks for answering a few questions from me last year regarding my first small batch (been a while since I've back, but I've been browsing a bunch)...

Cool. Thanks. I'll bookmark that calc and use it next time.

Everyday IPA from Brooklyn Brew Shop Ok. Thanks. I plan on buying a hydrometer the next time I'm at the shop.

I didn't boil the honey. Just added water to it, then stirred it up so that it was liquidy.

I don't have a tool to measure OG/FG, so I don't know what it was.

1 gallon. Followed instructions to dissolve the honey with water, then mix it in before bottling.

Ok. I have a few bottles that's been in the fridge for just over a week now (it will be 2 weeks in fridge this coming weekend). I'll try another bottle this weekend and see if it's still foaming. thanks

Yes. I stirred the honey (after dissolving a bit in water) into the bottling bucket before bottling. Here's the instructions copy/pasted from link I posted in first page:

Basement is pretty consistent around 60. No problem about questions. I'm asking for help :)

I followed directions and used the sanitizer to clean bottles, tubes, etc. I could have screwed up somewhere (first time doing this), so I was hoping there'd be a key step that I could identify where I could have messed up. I think I followed the steps pretty well, but I could have made any...

Yes.

It was a couple tablespoons for the whole 1 gallon batch. Instructions said 3 tablespoons.

Ok. 5 weeks will be this weekend. I tried the last one at 4 weeks (1 week of that in fridge).

I still familiarizing myself with the terminology, so I might misunderstood the question. I added a couple tablespoons of honey before bottling. Is that what you mean by priming sugar? I followed the instructions here (Brooklyn's Brew Shop Everyday IPA kit). They tasted okay to me (first home...

Bottled beer around Christmas, so they've been in the basement, covered, dark, for about 4 weeks now. Last week (at 3 week mark), I took a few and put into fridge for about 5-6 days. When I opened my first beer, about 90% of it turned to foam and came out. There was maybe an inch or so of actual...