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Thanks DB. I usually do 5 gallon batches and have a 7 gallon kettle. If I bought say a 5 gallon kettle, would you mash in the 5 g and boil in the 7? Sorry if this is a lot of questions, I just want to do this right: I was looking at your water ratios, so if I did 6 lbs of grain in (I think...

Forgot one, so one more: - I use a cooler with water and frozen water bottles. During the first day or so of fermentation, I find it hard to keep the water at a steady temp. Not being home due to work, I think it might fluctuate a bit. I brewed a wheat all extract about 3 weeks ago and I...

Hey DB, a few questions for you: - How long does it take you to do this Partial Mash? - How long did you usually do the boil with the hops? I just have to calculate a grain bill for a pale ale.

The grains are sealed, I think there might be a slight amount of air in there as it's not completely vacuum sealed. The hops are vacuum sealed, the malt extract is in platic containers (like you'd find half gallon milk containers).

It's dry yeast. Everything is still in the suction sealed containers. Would the crushed grains still be good or should I attempt to replace them? I think I'll air on the side of caution and just get new yeast.

I bought this kit: http://oldsite.midwestsupplies.com/products/ProdByID.aspx?ProdID=3361 Back around Nov/December of 2009 and forgot about it. The wood chips, malt extract, hops, yeast - everything have been sitting in my pantry (doors closed, relatively room temp) since then. I'm sure...