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Hello everyone Can somebody explain to me actual/apparent attenuation and the importance of the two?..I have a brew going now that started at an OG of 1.061..it is now 1.010 FG..i put my numbers through a attenuation calculator and it says my apparent attenuation is 83.33% and my actual is...

Every beer i made besides 1 lucky batch..tasted like it came from an elephants ass

i had no clue what BIAB was but i looked it up.. i should have did that method..Im gonna buy like a case of grain bags..thanks cheers

oh yeah my OG was 1.061..what is that 30% efficiency..terrible just terrible..i need to get that program or i will be doomed to buying beer in the store

yeah i will get beersmith..i need it ..thanks cheers

your right..i did not sparge...i mashed the grains in a real ghetto way..I mashed on the stove top in a 9 gal kettle with 4 gallons of water..then did a mash out with the other 4..then hand strained the batch:cross: I did not have enough all grain gear and i got impulsive haha ..needless to say...

yeah your right..it was like the grains were a sponge and stole all my wort haha..i gotta work on every aspect of brewing ..i cant brew worth a damn..cheers

Hello everyone I brewed my first AG batch the other day..and it was a disaster all you pro's are gonna laugh I started of with 15lbs of grain and 8 gallons of water ended up with 3 gallons of wort haha i really screwed the pooch on this one and on top of that i heavily overpitched I had 2...

awesome...thank you cheers

really it will be fine? thanks for the input..cheers

Hello everyone I brewed a smash brew 2 days ago added a tab of whirlfloc 15 mins before end of boil..i thought i had around 5+ gallons of wort since half of my 9 gallon kettle was full...once i got it into the fermenter i saw i only had 3 gallons which was mostly break material...anyway it was...

awesome..thanks for the input cheers

Hello everyone i was thinking about boiling up a gallon or so of wort and sealing portions in cans or jars, so when yeast starter day comes along all you have to do open the can/jar dump it in flask and pitch yeast.Anybody do this or hear of people doing it? cheers

so you think a 6 gallon batch will bring me to the neighborhood of 1.060-1.070?

thanks for the input everyone

I am gonna do i 5 gallon batch..i quess i should just go grab a scale ..thanks for you input

Hello everyone I was given 15lbs of 2 row as a gift..I do not have a scale..but i want to do a smash brew and see what happens..Should i just mash the whole 15lbs? I would like to get a moderate gravity nothing too high or too low like a 6-6.5 ABV beer.What kind of gravity should i expect from...

HAHAHAHA...Yep thats the truth..comes with the territory..cheers

No bro i did not get angry at all:mug: i apologize is if it sounded like i did..Its a little difficult to convey emotion typing on a forum..cheers bro peace