After a year of brewing AG I'm going back to partial mash

[JustLooking]

Everyone's got their own reason why they brew. Everything from cheaper beer to impressing friends to just enjoying the process.

When starting to ride a bike, a lot of kids use train wheels. Not too many put them back on after they've mastered balance.

Personally, if I can't fit in an AG batch, I'll buy my beer.

 

[kevstev]

What exactly is all that different about partial mashing vs all grain, in terms of time spent, heat produced, etc. Its eaiser to do higher gravity beers when you are just dumping in some extract.

Are you really talking about doing extract brews with steeping? Personally I find most of the heat produced is from the boil, not the mash.

 

[texcan2000]

I live in South Texas. I have a few acres to mow and weed eat every week. I'm from Canada and and find ways to work in the heat of summer. Why don't you plan your brew day so that your boil starts close to sunset? I find the temperature has dropped about10 degrees F by that time.

 

[sa1126]

I live in South Texas. I have a few acres to mow and weed eat every week. I'm from Canada and and find ways to work in the heat of summer. Why don't you plan your brew day so that your boil starts close to sunset? I find the temperature has dropped about10 degrees F by that time.

I usually start around 6pm and end around 10-11. I ordred three mini mash kits yesterday but will move back to AG in a few months. A good friend of mine is moving to AG and I want to see how his system works.

 

[Babybatch]

Well now I know who to go to for some PM recipes!!! Just starting out. I haven't yet done extract, PM, or AG. But I am plotting my course. Why just yesterday i jotted down this little note:

My brew line up:

1. American Wheat Extract - Northern Brewer
2. Darth Vader Black IPA Extract - Scooby Brew
3. Belgian Pale PM - Going to Convert this to PM Myself
4. DFH 90 IPA Clone PM - scottland
5. Dark Belgian Cherry Dubbel PM - J187
6. Heavenly Scourge Black IIPA AG - brrman

Maybe someday I will be skilled enough to give this a go:

The Pious - Westvleteren 12 style quad AG - saq

That Cherry Dubbel will probably get bumped up in the line up. I've invested so much time thinking about it as my first brew. Now I've gotten a little gun shy and decided to just do a couple extracts first.

My current set up will only permit me to do PM and stove top AG. Though even the stove top AG would require some new equipment. I'd at least like to give it a try anyway.

My problem is that I keep finding all of these awesome sounding recipes!!

 

[BxBrewer]

Everyone's got their own reason why they brew. Everything from cheaper beer to impressing friends to just enjoying the process.

When starting to ride a bike, a lot of kids use train wheels. Not too many put them back on after they've mastered balance.

Then your friend blows past you on his mini bike

Personally, if I can't fit in an AG batch, I'll buy my beer.

Wow, let me guess. You haven't brewed a extract batch in 10 years ?