Thanks buddy!! I was looking for this exact info.
Looks like Baltimore's water is pretty low alkalinity, which is good for lighter or light amber beers.
I did some calculations using John Palmer's Excel Spreadsheet found at the bottom of this page
To make a very pale ale, SRM 1-6, add about...
set up and let strike water get to temp: 20 min
mash: 60 min (generally) + 10 min to mix and tend to
sparge: 30-45 min
boil: 60 min (gen) + 10 min lead time coming to rolling boil
cool down: 30-45 min
pitch yeast, etc: 10 min
clean up: 30-60 min
TOTAL: 4.5 - 5.5 hours
Heavily reccomend EdWort's BeeCave Hefe
Made it couple batches ago, in primary for 10 days, bottled and ready to drink a week later (tasted a bottle after 4 days and it was quite good). 17 days total time.
Looks pretty, tastes good.
I learned my lesson and bought a grain mill
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Anyway, here's my whole...
Newbie Question for the Yeast Starter Thread:
Can I use extra pre-boiled wort (i.e., liter or so out of the last bit of lautering) to use with the yeast?
I was thinking about just boiling the wort for 20 minutes, maybe even with a little hops, to add to the yeast. Good idea? Bad idea?
Hi jumped into making my first all-grain this past weekend (easy hefe from browsing recipes on this site).
I don't have a wort chiller so I used an ice bath. My ice melted quickly and the wort was still reading about 150F.
So, without thinking about the cold-break point, I started...