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I only have a my mac here and Beersmith is on my PC. I just need to know what strike temp my water has to be. I have a 10 gallon cooler. I using 19lbs of grain and 7 gallons of water. I also dont know the sparge temp? Im going to guess 168.

yes, sure did.

Im in chicago, its warm right now. Its prob been at around 74 for most of the time. Should I put it in the fridge? I dont have a dedicated beer fridge so its in a cupboard.....

Oh thats great news. I was a bit worried.

I made myself a batch of all-grain IPA. Everything seems to have gone to plan except for conditioning. I have a bunch of bottles that have been sitting for a week. I guessed that most of the carbonation action would be over and the next 3 weeks it would just mellow out the flavors. Am I just...

Well thanks guys. I used 'beersmith' and the numbers i put in gave me 5.3% or something which I was a little disappointed with. beersmith doesnt seem to allow me to compensate for the mistakes I made and calculate down the amount of water. When I tasted it (at bottling) it didnt taste that...

wow! does that mean my beer will come in at 7.2%?

I just bottled my IPA. First batch ever, its an all-grain, been fermenting for 2 weeks. Bottling went fine, easier than I thought it would be. The flat beer tastes good, nice and hoppy, maybe a bit thin, but its got another 4 weeks in bottles yet. 1: I forgot to take a hydrometer reading...

Thanks, I have a hydrometer, I just forgot to take a reading before putting the wort into the carboy. I have a 5 gallon batch in a 6.5 gallon carboy. I went away for the weekend and it looked pretty muchthe same when I got back, except there was a grubby high tide mark about 2 inches above...

Thanks, that puts my mind at ease. How long before I should see stuff happening in the carboy? Im away for the weekend, so I hope nothing goes wrong before Sunday evening... I was going to leave it in the carboy for 10 days then bottle it. Will that be ok? Or is that why I need the hydrometer...

Just finished making my first brew. I think everything went ok. A couple of issues I thought Id ask questions about in retrospect. It is an IPA (Waterford IPA) from the sample recipes in Beersmith. 5 gallons 60 min boil. Single mash (2 x 10 gallon coolers) Issues: 1: It was windy, so I...

Groovy, will do that.

ok, so Im best drilling/cutting a notch anyway?

Good to know. Im a total novice, these kinds of things are best learned rather than experienced I guess!

But isnt that the 'dangerous infection / wild yeast' phase? I thought you b oiled with the lid off then put it on for chilling.

Oh dear. Doesnt sound too easy. Looks like Ill have to find friends with power tools.

Hi, I bought opne of these: kettle The lid fits very snugly. Do I need to notch the lid for the wort chiller? Tom.

Tim, I sent you a personal message. Tom.

I know what you mean, but to be honest, brewing equipment never shows up on Chicago CL. There are always 'wanted' ads but never for sale. Esp all-grain. Im self employed and very busy, so the convenience of buying new won me over.

well.....we will be making 10 gallon batches. And chances are, there will not be all in attendance at each brewing session. Maybe at the beginning, but then I think there will be like 5 people max at each one.