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When I use wheat, I'll run it through the mill alone and then again with the other grains.

If you are looking to go all-grain I suggest a grain mill like a barley crusher. I bought one about a year ago and it's indispensable. I'm in Whitby too (Brooklin) :)

Yeah, I did a 15 minute boil on the BW too. Love them sours :)

I just did something similar yesterday but instead of a hefe I pitched WLP655 sour mix in the stronger wort and the 630 in the weaker. Really looking forward to these beers! :)

I was also hitting 65% for a long time until I started to adjust my mash pH and waiting longer for conversion. Using braukaiser's Efficiency analysis spreadsheet helped me discover I wasn't waiting long enough for full conversion.

Yep, I think my situation is an infection too. Beer never cleared. I think I can trace it back to the starter, but I've replaced my auto-siphon and tubing just in case.

I brewed the CYBI Mission Street pale ale 2 weeks ago and wanted to try my hand at build a water profile from scratch and the beer is phenolic in both taste and aroma. Its at the FG and I've moved to secondary for dry hopping. I know I screwed up the adjustments after doing more research...

I used Rust-oleum appliance epoxy (its a spray paint). Bought it at Home Depot Two light coats, no sanding or other prep other then wiping it down

Just pulled the first pints from mine :) High school woodworking skills at their best!:D Clone of SNCA on the left and an Amarillo Blonde on the right. Cheers!

I have a clone of Sierra Nevada’s Celebration Ale that I’ve dry hopped with 3oz of hops. Bottling should be this weekend (it’s been dry hopping for a week now and a month in the primary) but earlier this week, I decided to get a kegging setup. It’s a 3 keg system from Kegconnection.com and it...

38, brewing for about 6 months and have done 16 batches

A friend and I are planning a Weizenbock in a couple of weeks and I have a few questions. With 7.5kg of grain, brewsmith is telling me to mash in with 19.5L of water, mash-out with 11L and sparge with 3L... It it really worth it to sparge with only 3L of water? Is it going to do anything...

I brewed this up on March 6th and bottled it up last week. Just tried one and holy cow, this is a great tasting beer! It's going to be hard waiting a few weeks for them to mature :) Great recipe BierMuncher!

Wouldn't each running be a different density? I always stir the pot for awhile before collecting a sample to measure the OG

There is also http://www.homebrewersretail.com/servlet/StoreFront out in Whitby. Pretty good selection and prices.

Just an update, the brew went great. Hit all the numbers and it's been in the fermenter for almost 12h. I pitched the entire 1L starter and it took off within hours Here is what it looks like now http://i969.photobucket.com/albums/ae180/johngie/001.jpg Thanks everyone!

My 3 year old is having her birthday party Sunday, I doubt SWMBO would like her to have a "Let's learn to brew with Daddy Party" instead of the Princess Dress-up party planned :) Time to test the 12-18 hour theory I guess :)

Yeah, that's what I've done now. Next question... I am chilling the starter wort now and will add the yeast shortly. Is it enough time for the yeasts to do their thing if I want to brew tomorrow afternoon? Thanks for the help guys!

Last step up was 4oz of DME in 500ml in water Do I just make a starter of 8-10oz of DME and 1.5L of water at this point? First time harvesting yeast and making a starter. Thx

1.052 https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f64/captain-hooked-bitters-red-hook-clone-award-winner-29740/ Thx