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yankee i am using a 10 gallon rect cooler and i have the pvc type manifold that sits just above the bottom with a grain bed on top i would think that it touches the bottom and i thought maybe i did leave some behind but it started coming out very light and i even checked to see if any liquid has...

johngie the grain bed was not that sticky as seabass pointed out it was a typo 60 oz was the amount of pumpkin, and in 14.75 lbs of grain it was not to bad. no i did not mash out but i did sparge with water that was 192 or so witch raised my bed to 168 deg. and i took my samples and did not take...

well i am sure some of you seen my last post about my og and once again i have the same problem from the top i decided to do a big pumpkin ale. so to head up any problems i calibrated my thermometer boiled some water in a pot and adjusted to 212 deg. then put some 60 deg water in my hydro and...

100 gallons was an exaggeration i just keep reading all this info about how my grain bed should always be under 1-2 inches of water & that i should stir my bed during my sparge (which i know i should not do) so i didnt know if i should sparge with a def calc amount or just put some water in and...

thanks guys now that i learned my lesson or at least one of them, i am going to bump this down to a ten gallon batch i really thought 12 gallons was doable in a keggle guess not. and i also think i will try to mash out. but when i mash out should i empty the wort off my mash and then add my mash...

after my mash i put all of the wort into my keggle but had no head space left so i put 5 gal into another pot. i did not think to take a preboil gravity reading. i thought i might have sparged with too much but thats less then the .5 gallon per pound rule. in hind sight i should have boiled...

so heres the deal i have been extract brewing for bout a year now and decided to go all grain. so i quit buying lme and saved my pennys and got my self i AG set up. decided i would convert my recipe for my wee heavy and i missed my og by 22 points should have been around 1.072 and i hit 1.050...