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    Topping Up With Water

    Thanks. I understand it now. I've got BeerSmith on my iPhone but it's a bit too complex! I have used Brewers Friend; obviously didn't notice all the stuff about water. Emmanuales | #WhatWouldJesusBrew? nick-law.com
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    Topping Up With Water

    How does adding gravity points together work? I can't get my head around 1.048 wort + 1.032 making 1.040. I'm sure I'm being thick but, as I said, Im numerically challenged. Emmanuales | #WhatWouldJesusBrew? nick-law.com
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    Topping Up With Water

    I'm terrible at maths. I have mathematical dyslexia so my brain can't compute figures.... But thanks for the advice. Emmanuales | #WhatWouldJesusBrew? nick-law.com
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    Topping Up With Water

    I've brewed a couple of all grain beers, both of which I've been able to boil the full amount (2.5 gallon batches). However, I'm wanting to brew a five gallon batch without buying more equipment (for the time being). I've heard that partial mash brewing is good if you need to top up your wort...
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    Topping Up With Water

    So how do you calculate the starting gravity you want to reach? For example, lets say I mash 2KG maris otter and boil 2.5 gallons wort, how would I know how much extract to add to reach, say, 1.040 and then accounting for the water dilution when topping up the wort at the end before pitching...
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    Topping Up With Water

    What's the deal with topping up a mini mash with water? I've read that you can't do it with all grain but you can with a mini mash. Why is that? So, I have a stock pot that is 12 litres on total. Can I make a wort in this , boiling it off to around 10 litres and then top it up with water to...
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    Where Did I Go Wrong?

    I erred on the side of caution so my gravity after boil was 1.049, which is only .009 points more than I was aiming for originally. Emmanuales | #WhatWouldJesusBrew? nick-law.com
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    Where Did I Go Wrong?

    I didn't. Totally forgot to take that into consideration. What will adding all that dextrose do to my beer? Emmanuales | #WhatWouldJesusBrew? nick-law.com
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    Where Did I Go Wrong?

    64c Emmanuales | #WhatWouldJesusBrew? nick-law.com
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    Where Did I Go Wrong?

    Nope. Not on the pre-boil reading. I've been reading a lot about slowly sparging. I suspended the grain bag above the cooler and poured water through the grains using a measuring jug (about a litre at a time) but I'm not wholly convinced I did a good enough job. Emmanuales |...
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    Where Did I Go Wrong?

    Also, have I killed my beer adding that much dextrose? I didn't have any DME at hand and couldn't find any guides online about how much to add to increase the ABV. What will the outcome be? Emmanuales | #WhatWouldJesusBrew? nick-law.com
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    Where Did I Go Wrong?

    I think I my have been unclear. I was making a 10 litre batch, which is around 2.6 gallons. I mashed 5.6 litres of water and sparged with 9.4 litres of water. The result, after grain absorption, etc, was 13.5 litres of wort. I checked the gravity several times and it was 1.019 pre boil. My...
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    Where Did I Go Wrong?

    I attempted my first all grain beer this evening (5hr 30 mins it took me!!!) and I'm trying to figure out what went wrong! Here's what I did: MASH 1.6KG Maris Otter 50g Crystal Malt (high colour) 5.6 litres of water at 65c for on hour, in a sparge bag, inside a cool box. I lost one degree...
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    First Ever All Grain

    Thanks TexasWine, that was a really helpful response :) A friend of mine has a 19 litre pot which I'm going to borrow. Emmanuales | #WhatWouldJesusBrew? nick-law.com
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    First Ever All Grain

    I'd still be using 15.5 litres despite only have 1.8kg grain for my mash, right?! My kettle holds 12 litres but my cool box holds 24. If I did it in the cool box (which I yet to be converted into a mash tun, hence the grain bag), how would I do a mash out or even the sparge? Suggestions...
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    First Ever All Grain

    Why is BIAB different in terms of water quantities rather than a conventional mash tun? Emmanuales | #WhatWouldJesusBrew? nick-law.com
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    First Ever All Grain

    What's the difference between the two? Emmanuales | #WhatWouldJesusBrew? nick-law.com
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    First Ever All Grain

    What's the difference between the two? Emmanuales | #WhatWouldJesusBrew? nick-law.com
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    First Ever All Grain

    It think it's around 24litres, so I have enough room in there. If I had 10 litres of water in my cool box, I'd need more grains to get the mash constancy? How does it work? Emmanuales | #WhatWouldJesusBrew? nick-law.com
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    First Ever All Grain

    Okay, let me get this straight. I would mash using 4.8 litres of water, after which I would sparge the grain with around 6 litres of water in order to get around 12 litres, which should boil down to around 10 litres? Is that right? My plan was to mash the grain in a bag in a cool box (which I...
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