It's not for me, too hipster-ish. They never even show any of the brewers setups. They probably use hop extract kits on their stovetop (not that there's anything wrong with that)
I understand what you are saying about the water/grain ratio. I guess the question then is not whether the ratio changes but mash thickness, not because of the qt/lb ratio but due to the grain density. In his case (and mine) the grain is condensed and does not come in contact with a portion of...
None taken, however I don't completely agree with you. If you want a certain mash thickness you will not achieve it without first filling the deadspace. For example say your grain bill is 15 pounds and you want a mash thickness of 1.25 qt/lb. If you don't compensate for the one gallon below the...
I'll chime in on this since I had the same question when I switched to a keggle mash tun. I also have about a gallon below my false bottom. In my mind, if I want the grain dilution to be 1.4 qt/lb there needs to be an extra gallon added first to compensate for the dead space, otherwise you will...
Yup as already stated, a lightbulb does the trick nicely. Just make sure you don't forget to put your control probe back in the freezer like I did. A single 60 watt bulb heated my beer up to 130 degrees before I caught it lol
I've brewed that recipe a few times. Did the toasted 2 row the first time. The second time I used victory in place of the toasted malt. It was good but I preferred the home toasted malt over the victory.
It looks like I may have dodged a bullet. Initial taste test was very nice. I'm getting what might be a little astringency from the hops basically cooking but it hides easily behind the high ibu's this recipe has. I'll give another update in a few weeks when it has had a chance to brighten a bit.
Just a quick update. Pulled the hops from the keg. Beer smelled fine, but didn't taste yet. It's been chilling down at 30 psi for 2 days. Just dropped it down to 12. I'll try to give it another day or so and give it a try.
Chilling it down now. I took the hops out, at that temperature I'm sure they gave all they had to give. I may hit it with some fresh hops depending on how it taste