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Hey Jewsh, don't let masonsjax discourage you from calculating your brew. I'm a numbers guy and enjoy looking at the science and technology of the craft. Use Google to search for "malt grain theoretical max points" and find what your grain will theoretically produce. Get out your spreadsheet...

If it's sunny, you could go see Lake Michigan in Holland, MI and then visit New Holland Brewery for lunch or dinner... Also, the store down the street from me carries Schmohz now and it's very good beer. I've never been to their tap room in GR, but they have an Imperial IPA thats called the...

Find a good resource for the "theoretical max" for the grain you are using. Multiply it up for the volume you expect (mash + sparge - absorption) Right before you boil, measure your SG for the volume and divide it out... first time I did all grain I got 45% eff. Embarrassing, so I boiled the...

I'm normally to think to drunk about it. Have another one bro!

I spent some time on the "read this first" thread for all-grain brewing and the first point of confusion was noted about sparge water. Palmer from How to Brew (Chapter 17) has some calculations that show a larger quantity of water for the rinse. smakudwn are you using 1/2 the volume of mash...

I'm planning on brewing this recipe this weekend. (my first all-grain effort). I've got a noob question about all-grain on this recipes with so much grain (13lbs!): With 13 lbs of grain, you'll need like 4 gallons of water for the mash (1.25 quarts/per lbs of grain), then an additional 5...

RyanN: any luck with this? was it as good as you'd wished for?

I buy Growlers all the time and it's a race to drink them before they go flat. I'd bottle them with corn sugar and wait a couple weeks...

I just bottled a batch that had pilsner, rice syrup solids, dextrine, and ale yeast. Agreed, it doesn't really fit in anywhere on the style guide. I drank 20oz (un-carbonated) while I bottled it and it is probably best described as a dizzy blond. Straw colored, simple (not a complex flavor...

I just brewed an IPA (this weekend) from a box kit and it had 1 oz of heavy toasted oak chips in it distributed from Crosby & Baker. The wood chips were 1/2 inch X 1/2 inch "chips" (only an 1/8 inch thick). These were brown from being roasted. I steamed them for 10 minutes and added to the...

What are the boiling instructions? Does Mr. Beer tell you to add all the hops and boil for 60 minutes? Or do you add half the hops at the beginning of the boil (flavor) and add the other half in the last 5 minutes (aroma)?