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Just finished brewing my first batch! A 5 gallon batch of an Amber Ale. Brewing process went smoothly (except for breaking a collander trying to squeeze the last bit of wort out of the bag). I ended up with a bit more than 6 gallons, I think due to the boil-off rate I accounted for being too...

Yes sorry, forgot about that. I thought that a full volume mash was where you mash with the total amount of water you will use for the entire process, so the mash water along with the water you would normally use for sparging. So you would mash, then drain the grain bag, and then boil directly...

Wow, thank you all for the great information. I definitely understand the process a lot more. I have a burner (pot and burner from turkey fryer), and am about to make a wort chiller tomorrow, and will probably brew either Saturday or Sunday. Now it's just a matter of finding a recipe for my...

Ok great, thank you so much! I just downloaded it and started playing around with it. So since I'm doing a full volume mash, I would just use the same amount of water as "calculated boil size" plus the amount of water that would be absorbed by the amount of grain? Or would I just use the...

Hey everyone! I am new here, been lurking for a while, and am about to brew my first batch of beer! I have been doing a lot of research around here and other forums and just have a few things I am confused about that I need help on. 1) How to scale a recipe: I think I’m going to do 3 gallon...