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I see, so it's "sanitizing" not sterilizing, pardon me. And, some folks clean their gear with gentle cleaners after a batch. Here are my concerns and what I think other newbs may ask about. Without sanitizing all items that contact you wort, how do you control bacteria and unwanted chemical /...

US Army 1992 - Present :) Brewer 2008 - Present :) Ed

So, off we go into all-grain brews. Here is what I've learned so far. 1. Sterilization is still "Master" of the end product. Clean your gear and sterilize before any of your ingredients contact your system components. This takes up-to a few hours. What "cleaning" (not sterilizing) processes...

Topics and advice to those of us just getting started in all-grain brewing.

In my stove top system I used my kettle for the protein and sach rests. Many will say the protein rest is unnecessary, but I figure it can't hurt anything so I do it anyway. After the rests and mash I sparged strait out of my kettle. The wort was collected in a boil pot and so on. I did...

In my stove top system I used my kettle for the protein and sach rests. Many will say the protein rest is unnecessary, but I figure it can't hurt anything so I do it anyway. After the rests and mash I sparged strait out of my kettle. The wort was collected in a boil pot and so on. I did...

Evelution of my new system.

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Not sure anyone but me will be interested but I started a blog on my new experiance with a new All Grain System I'm in the process of building. I'll be brewing a pecan porter once I get the system tested. The idea is to document all the ups and downs of this 10 Gal, All Grain, Gravity Fed...

Well, this isn't the beginning of my brewing experience. I have 15 Gal of mead & melowmels as well as 5 Gal of an extract Amber and 10 Gal of All Grain beers behind me. Somehow all of them have came out sucessfuly, knock on wood of course. But, up-til-now, I've been brewing 5 Gal batches and...

Well, this isn't the beginning of my brewing experience. I have 15 Gal of mead & melowmels as well as 5 Gal of an extract Amber and 10 Gal of All Grain beers behind me. Somehow all of them have came out sucessfuly, knock on wood of course. But, up-til-now, I've been brewing 5 Gal batches and...

Looking at upgrading my system to a 3 tier gravity set-up. I'll be ordering supplies this week (a total DIY job). Once it's set up, I'm going to do a Pecan Porter. It will be my first using yeast I harvested from my last ale. It will also be the first with whole leaf hops. I'll have a few...