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I'm considering purchasing Beersmith to record/manage my brewing. I'm planning some partial mashes and I'd like to follow Deathbrewers stovetop partial mash method: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/easy-partial-mash-brewing-pics-75231/ Is there a way to configure a mashing profile for...

So I've done some partial boil extract brews with lots of success, and figured I'd do a full size boil on my induction stovetop. I had tested boiling 6.5 gallons of water previously, and it worked soso with a rolling boil going on and off every 5-10 seconds or so. (which I've learned is...

I was testing my new kettle on my induction stovetop yesterday to see if I will be able to do full boils on the stovetop. I was able to get 6.5 gallons of tap water to a boil from 60F to 212F in 45 minutes. I know I'm not going to break any land speed records with that, but I guess it will get...

I bought a bavarian style Hefeweizen kit from truebrew as I wanted to try working with liquid extract. It's currently in the primary fermenter. The instructions say to bottle after 7 days. After reading alot of advise on this forum I think I'd like to rack to a secondary for 2 weeks and then...

How close should I expect to get to the recipe's final gravity? I have a Nut Brown ale in the secondary which has a designed final gravity of 1.013. I'm currently at 1.017 and it hasn't moved for over a few days (multiple readings at 64F). The OG was pretty much spot on. I plan to bottle...

so I get that aerating the wort gets the yeasties off to a good start allowing them to multiply quickly. The way I aerate is to shake the primary bucket vigorously before adding the yeast. What I don't understand is that there is only a little headroom between the beer and the lid (a bit...

Hi All, On my third batch now. I had gotten a truebrew set as a gift about 5 years ago and made the kit which came with it. Unfortunately it turned out only so-so and I put off brewing another batch until recently. My second batch which I recently finished turned out well beyond my...