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So im wondering what the difference is to adding the water to the grain or adding the grain to water in the mash tun.

So a friend of mine gave me a 2 year old wood mash paddle thats been used but its decently clean and has been sitting in his shed for a year. Its in good shape but was wondering what I would use to clean and sanitize it?

Ive heard of dms being a problem and that I should not keep the lid on while boiling the wort and I dont. my question is after I get my strike water to temp I cover my keggle to keep temp so I dont use as much propane to warm it up again. I shouldn't worry about dms from the sparge water since...

I was just wondering if you open a beer and let it go flat can you put it in a hydro get get a ballpark fg reading that way?And yes I know I would still have to drink it or be smitten by the beer gods. Cheers.

So swmbo wants all brewing stuff outside in the brewshed and now even my starters. I know temp while fermenting is very important but if im making a starter will the temp change also effect my starter? Brew shed is 70 years old with no way to control the temp inside.

So guys im walking in a pharmacy and I saw some brewers yeast pills and just had to ask the inevitable. Can you use these in some way for beer or are they just some kind of supplement.

I was brewing yesterday and tried one of 3 meathods ive read so far on gow to take your pre boil reading to measure efficiency. The meathods are 1: take both a reading of first and second and average them. 2: mix an equal part of each and swirl 3: take a sample from the last of the first...

so I did my first really dumb move today. I completely started my mash without the false bottom in my tun.... luckily I still have my old big pot from when I was doing extract. So I dumped it in the pot and installed my false bottom and put back into my mash tun. I've heard the stories about...

just wondering if anybody has ever used hersbrucker hops before and I was wondering if I can get some feedback on whether you liked it or not and what it did for your beer?? I got some to try and going to use tonight but the girl at my lhbs that works Sundays doesn't know a thing about beer...

if I'm using PBW I know I have to use it warm to start off with but can I rinse with cold water. I don't have hot water out in my brew shed yet but I can bring hot water in with buckets but don't want to bring the kegs in the house to rinse. I have a hose with cold water so with high pressure...

So I was trying to recirculate on my last brew and my pump wont do it. I have an xl 150 ft chiller from more beer and a march 815 pump. It will pump water around my system just fine but wont do the wort??? My question is have any of you had the same issue and 2: I have a 25 ft chiller as a back...

Hey guys im sitting here a bit confused on what happend with my brew. Its not bad it actually smells and taste great I just didnt think its possible to be so high. So heres the recipe 8lb 2 row 1 oz centennial @ 60 min 1 oz mt hood @ 10 min. Us-05 yeast 2 weeks 5 days in primary Ferm temp 2...

Have any of you guys ever made a beer just using 2 row? (And hops of course) if so how did it come out Sent from my SPH-L710 using Home Brew mobile app

I was going to try and do a step mash with a protein rest and then sac rest and I was wondering if I should stop recurculating and bring the heat up or continue pumping while I raise my temp. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Home Brew mobile app

Hey guys im sorry for a question I know has been answered but I cant find the thread. Im all grain and need to know how much water per pound is absorbed to do my nect batch. I dont have beer smith or anything and would like the answer saved on my page. Thanks to any responses.

I wanted to wish everyone a merry Christmas and thanks for all the help ive gotten from all of you on this site. Time for a homebrew.... cheers. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Home Brew mobile app

Hey guys Ive been reading these forums for a while now and Ive been having a hard time finding info on how to get a good head on my beer. Any threads I could look at or advice will be great thanks. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Home Brew mobile app

When im batch sparging do I still need to add the sparge water slowly to the tun or just dump it in since ill be stirring it up anyways? Sent from my SPH-L710 using Home Brew mobile app

If im going to be recirculating during my mash do I need to stop the pump and get my water temp to mash out and sparge accordingly or can I bring it up to mash out temp while recirculation and once at needed temp just switch hoses and sparge as normal.

Im going to be trying out some dry yeast for the first time and I always make a starter and was wondering if I still had to rehydrate the yeast before I mix it in the slurry or I could just sprinkle it on lol. I use a stir plate.