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Cheers Bongo, I might go with the cascade! how much are you thinking of adding to the 5 gal batch?

Hi, after reading almost the entire thread im going to give this a go for my 1st all grain brew in 5 years, I was thinking of dry hopping it any suggestions? cheers! I have simcoe,cascade and Chinook but can buy whatever will suit it best

Do you guys think I should make a smaller mash tun for 2.5gal brews?

Thanks funkedout:)

im planning 2.5 gal into the fermentor

the foil on top is a great idea, cheers :yes:

oops I meant a 10 gal cooler, sorry im from Australia and we use liters. I changed the title to 10 gal

I think im good to go!! thanks again for the awesome advice:)

Hi, has anyone done such a small batch in a large mash tun? I was thinking of pre heating the mash tun but not sure if it will keep a stable temp? Cheers aussie brewer :)

Hi, im trying to halve a recipe on beersmith, I used the scale function and it changes the ratio of malts but keeps the gravity and ibu the same. I tried entering half of everything in and the ibu's are too low. Anyone have a solution for this? cheers :)

Thanks Gnomebrewer you are a legend!! I live in Sydney, I have a RO filter already setup for the drinking water

Im going with adding the salts to mash and sparge water, which acid do you guys prefer to bring the pH down? do I acidify the mash and sparge water for this brew? Thanks a lot for the replies :):):)

Cheers Gnomebrewer! I just had a look at the local homebrew stores catalogue, and they have joe whites pale malt 4.5ebc What acid would you recommend?

Thanks Mcknuckle! do I just add them to the mash and not the sparge?

Hi, im planning to brew my first all grain APA from the recipe section of this awesome forum I am using RO water and im thinking of adding 3g gypsum and 2g calcium chloride to match the water profile below. Do I add the salts to the mash and sparge water or just the mash? After entering the...