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Sorry it took so long to get back to you, I had a bunch of family stuff planned for the day. Ok my next question to you is this. How do you get your pre boil gravity? You use refractometer or hydrometer? I do BIAB as well and looking at your numbers this is what I came up with. With out...

what was your pre boil water volume?

Thanks for the input guys. The 2nd brew I raised to 168 for ten minutes and it does not seem to have helped much. Also I have gotten both my kits off a major online retailer and have asked for a finer crush due to my style of brewing. Both times in the 65 % eff. Area.

Then what am I doing wrong ? I can only hit 65 each time. Should I buy my own mill ?

Well so far from the two batchs my effiency has been at or around 64 give or take a point. I know that a better crush might help to increase this and I do know that doing BIAB your effiency is always going to be lower but I guess I will have to look into PH and seeing what mine is. Never did a...

I have done a total of 2 batchs BIAB style so it might just be I had a off brew day. 1st Batch- Fat Tire Clone shooting for 1.051 and got 1.048, Grains- Crystal 75L Malt, Pale Malt, Munich Malt, Victory Malt. 2nd Batch- Hefeweizen shooting for 1.050 and got 1.042, Grains- Cara Pils, Red...

So my first brew has finished fermentation and is begining to clear on its own. It has been in the carboy for almost 2 weeks. My intentions are to bottle next weekend. My question to you is when should I begin cold crashing ? For how long and at what temp? I was thinking 40 degrees. I have a...

thanks that makes it easier . The water/ grain ratio is about right. I am still dialing in my process . It took about a gallon with grain absorbtion. Gallon boil off in a hour and trub in bottom of kettle. Ended with like 5.25 gallons

I dont want to sound like a dar dar here but I entered 0 for mash tun weight and its still giving me bogus numbers. Could someone play around with their beersmith and see if you get the same information as I? I guess I dont understand this whole beer smith thing. Can you explain for the values...

I do brew in a bag so I use my kettle for it all

So last Sunday I brewed my first AG biab and I was using beer smith to determine when I should dough in. It told me 161 degrees should make my mash water 154 degrees when my grain was 68 degrees. My kettle measurments are 15 x 15 inches and holds 13.25 gallons. Was using 8 gallons at the time...

How about not brewing on your porch. Last thing you need is to burn down your nice new house. There is plenty of articles on site here. Do a search. You will need at least 1 burner (2 is better) , 1 kettle, 1 of each- cooler Mash and Hot liquor tanks (Or 2 more kettles). And assuming you have...