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    First time Brewer with some questions

    Another question i have, reading through recipes and everyone talking about their brew days is efficiency.. How exactly is efficiency calculated? How are you all knowing how efficient you are? This may be a stupid question so sorry in advance if it is.. It's just confusing me
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    Reflectix - how to you attach it to your kettle?

    I'm still yet to do my first brew, still learning and planning to buy equipment. A question with mashing, that i haven't found too clear so far is when you get to strike temp and add grains, are you keeping the burner going still or do you turn off at that point?
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    First time Brewer with some questions

    Right, got it. SO, if you do this, are you starting the process with less water as you are adding more water through sparging?
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    First time Brewer with some questions

    Thanks alot for your reply! I can get my hands on some 5L glass carboys pretty cheap over here so i may go with that for fermenters, will that be fine?
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    First time Brewer with some questions

    One thing in the brew process that i've been reading up on, and don't really understand is Sparging? There are a few was to do it, and i just don't know what is the best way, or if you even need to do it?
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    First time Brewer with some questions

    Perfect, thanks for the info!
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    First time Brewer with some questions

    Thanks for the replies. Pots are not a major drama as i have a bunch already of various sizes. If i got a 5 gallon (i think thats almost 20Litre) white bucket as a fermenter, but only had 5l of "beer" fermenting in that, that extra 15 litres of empty space doesn't cause any problems? Also...
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    First time Brewer with some questions

    Hi All, i'm new here and to brewing. I have read alot and watched alot or brewing videos and am confident enough that i understand the process. I'm also a chef that's done alot of molecular gastronomy so am good with the science stuff. My questions are: I'd like to start by doing a bunch of...
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