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Thank you. I know that I stirred really well at dough in. But I did not stir one time after that. Something I didn't see or just missed watching youtube videos on mashing. Maybe I'll try this false bottom one more time, with plenty of stirring involved, before I replace it with a mesh screen.

Thanks for that info. After 2 hours I had drained about 3/4 of a gallon. I then dipped out with a cup and ran through 2 strainers. A course mesh to catch the big stuff and then a finer mesh. I poured each cup through the accumulated grains in the strainer. I was using about 1 gallon for the...

So now I've opened the first of this beer today. It's really good and I'm very happy with the results! To hopefully solve my stuck sparge I replaced the tube in the false bottom mash tun with the high temp PP hose. Now it works a little better, but it still runs slowly, but it is running...

Digital temperature controller for DIY project.

It was BRY-97 The recipe came from True Brew. A great little book an brewing 1 gallon batches of lots of different things.

The starter called for 2 tbl dme 1 cup water 1 1/2 tbl yeast - but I used the whole pack. I started it the night before brewing.

I thought the attenuation was really high. But i'm pretty sure the gravity readings are right. I made sure to measure the temp when checking the gravity For adjustment. It is the first time using It so I'm unsure if it calibrated correctly. the positive thing is it tasted good going into the...

I was a little low in my mash temps. Wanted 154. Started at 152 ended up around 148. I had a stuck sparge so it mashed way longer than it should have. made a yeast starter. this was a 1 gallon batch, so probably to much yeast. fermentation temps were a steady 65. this was a recipe from a book.

I made my first all grain. I over shot my OG. Supposed to be 1.060 it was 1.066. So also over shot the FG. Should have been 1.020 it was 1.005. So now I have a 8% amber. What could I have done to correct the OG? It was in the primary 8 days.

Did you adjust for temperature?

My nephew works at a local lawn and garden supply store. He told me that they were going to start carrying beer brewing supplies. Turns out they are Mr. Beer kits, but lots of us started as Mr Beer brewers. I told him once the kits arrive I would come down and give him the dime tour on how to...

#6 stopper, Bubbler, Thermoplastic tube, Fast Rack, and a sanitizer pump.

This was 1 gallon. After boil - OG 1.065 Sweet! It's in the primary in controlled 65 F.

I have to say what little that was coming out of the spigot was prefectly clear, but I didn't have 2 or 3 hours to wait for it to finish draining.

Thanks. I will get some for next time. I ended up dippingd the rest out an running through a fine strainer. OG was supposed to be 1060, I hit 1051. So not horrible, but I need to work on it. My mash lost a little more temp than I had hoped so that also probably hurt my OG. Will see what OG...

This is not fun. I tried a bunch of recommendations on google for a stuck sparge. Stll only a trickle. It's going to be hours to get my wort out. :(

I made a mush tun from a 5 gallon cooler. I've finished my mash time. I go to drain my first runnings and it only comes out a trickle, less than a trickle, like a few drops. Is it supposed to come EXTREMELY slow? I should note that I used a false bottom and not the stainless hose.

How do I calculate efficiency? If understand correctly - Use a brew calculator to determine Grain potential. Then after mashing, and before boiling I take a hydrometer reading. My reading divided by grain potential = efficiency? :confused:

When I was doing a test to see what volume of wort I'm going to lose I found out that when I went to push the drain tube on the ball valve that the whole thing could move enough to leak. So I went to Lowe's, Home Depot did not have any more 5/8 fender washers. Apparently these are actually...

My local brew supply will crush my grain for me. If something comes up and I can't brew the same or next day, how long can I keep the grain before I should replace it? :confused: