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Two questions, unrelated but both have been eating at me for a while: 1.) When transferring the wort to the fermenter I've been using a wort chiller (typical copper coil hooked up to a hose). Nevertheless, the recipes I've used only use 2-3 gallons in the brewpot and have me adding water when I...

I've had an issue with a couple of batches where I've either done a partial mash batch, or recently when I used fresh hops, where the grain and/or hops are absorbing a lot of my wort. In the first case, I made the mistake of rinsing the leftover grain in a strainer until I got to the 5 gallon...

Howdy. I've been brewing since the mid-90's but it's been an off-and-on thing, usually brewing 3 or 4 batches a year. Most recently, some hops that I planted a few years ago started coming in like crazy, so I just brewed my first batch with my own hops which was exciting for me. I also...