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I brewed my second AG beer last week. This time I did calculate my efficiency and overall it was about only 60%. After reading on a few topics I now know I could improve my efficiency if I crush the grain a little more. On this I have an issue. On my first brew I had a very clear wort from...

I have a pretty good knowledge about mashing temperatures and its effects. As most people I guess, I pick bits (and chunks) of info from these forums, other sites and books. However, I haven´t found the ultimate chart, or the ultimate "formula" that mixes all the variables involved in...

I´ve been researching and reading and basically just studying about brewing for over a year. I´ve read basically all of Palmer´s How to brew and understand all about efficiency, malt quantities planning for an specific OG, IBUs calculations and so on. However, I had not brewed beer by myself...

I´ve been reading the section "how to measure hops " in chapter 5, pages: 54-60 and a few questions come to mind. I have trouble understanding the section about utilization. I´ll paste the text here: """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Utilization The utilization is the most...

Where I live it is nearly impossible to find Glass carboys or Better Bottle carboys. I can´t find any adequate fermenting vessel except for plastic buckets. My concern is with the secondary fermentation. What can I use? I thought about using five 1 gallon wine bottles and divide the beer in 5...

I have been reading and watching all I can about home brewing for weeks now. I will take a course to learn how to home brew. I want to have my beer on tap and two questions come to my mind. My wife is almost as excited as I am, but she drinks only (or mostly enjoys) light, clear looking...