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[TimSchutte]

Hi All,

I got a home brewing kit for Christmas, and finally got around to trying to cook my first batch this past week. All I made was a mess. The instructions that came with the kit were poor, and I ended up pitching it down the crapper. The problem was making the wort with the dry barley included in the kit. I use a wheelchair, and trying to hump the one-gallon pot around was a pain. Siphoning off the liquid wort was impossible, too--the blasted barley plugged up the racking cane! I have been exploring recipes online, and I think I am going to pick up some liquid malt extract and trying that instead. Any and all suggestions will be welcome!

Finding craft beer in this neighborhood is hard, and I am tired of buying oats for the Budweiser Clydesdales!

Thanks--
Tim

 

[unionrdr]

sounds like you needed to read up on steeping & mashing?

 

[DromJohn]

And consider putting the dry barley in a bag.

 

[bransona]

Look into the brew in a bag method if you're interested in all grain. Standard sparging would be tough in a wheelchair, I'd think. Extract is also a great option, and extremely easy for inexperienced brewers. Hope it works out!

 

[ncbrewer]

Welcome. And I think you have a good idea with the LME.

 

[TimSchutte]

And consider putting the dry barley in a bag.

Thanks! A friend mentioned this solution just this morning.

 

[unionrdr]

I do partial boil/partial mash biab myself. Although they're becoming mostly mashes, with some 8 1/2lbs of grains & 2lbs or so of extract @ flame out. The nylon bags make it easier to mash & batch (read dunk) sparge.