Yeah I was hoping I could get several more recipes done relying on NB's store crush to skip that expense. But it's becoming clear how important that is and also how unimportant or quickly and crudely it's probably done by NB before they ship my grains.
Thanks. Never thought to stir will be adding that to my process. Definitely doing some calibrations on thermometers. Its crazy how off some of these can be. I've used my Thermapen for a few years now too so its due for a calibration.
Thanks for the videos.
I did make an attempt to set up my equipment profile. I changed my setup to All Grain plastic cooler and put the sizes in. I estimated the deadspace and boil off etc.. I should definitely do a mock boil and measure the actual deadspace volume.
I kept one or two inches...
Yeah, I didn't actually weigh the grain myself. The crystal and vienna came in prepacked 1lb bags, but the Maris Otter seemed okay... but like you said I didn't even consider that. I will pay attention to this next time. Especially since my first two brews went so smooth.
Thanks for the reply.
Help! Hoping you guys might be able to help me isolate what to correct after missing OG on my 3rd all grain batch this past weekend.
I was doing an Orange Cascade APA off the top 100 list from this site actually - https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/cascades-orange-pale-ale.84558/
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