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Update: I found a work around -- what I ended up doing was saving after I put data into each field. It appears that Brewtarget only saves one parameter change at a time. So, for example, I put in boiling time, and then saved; reopened and put in another parameter (evaporation rate, for...

Here is what I do, step-by-step: 1 - open Brewtarget - it comes up with recipes on the left and with the Berliner Weisse recipe highlighted; 2 - I left click on the equipment icon on the vertical left hand side of the window. The equipment list comes up with 4 different equipment setups...

On the advice of many of you here, I downloaded BrewTarget and printed out the getting started tutorial. And then I got stuck. As instructed, the first thing I tried to do was to set up an equipment record for my set up (6.5 gal batch size, 10 gal Igloo cooler mash lauter tun, 15 gal brew...

I am boiling about 10.5 gallons for 90 minutes in a 15 gallon kettle. I think I have been doing a couple of things wrong: 1) too high of a flame; 2) a 60 minute boil would probably do me just as well (and reduce my volume -- I tend to want about 6 gallons of bottled beer at the end of the...

Thanks for responses. I am really looking for the more efficiency, rather than more btu's. It just seems like I go through an awful lot of lp gas during a 90 minute boil. I only get about 2 1/2 batches out of a full tank.

I ordered a Speidel fermenter and some other supplies from them. Since the fermenters tend to get sold out quickly (and they seem to be the only shop that carries them), I liked the fact that they emailed me when they were back in stock. I will have to say, I was very impressed with their...

I have what appears to be a standard, square banjo burner with the 10 psi regulator (an SQ 14). And I also have seen that many people are very satisfied with the boil they get with the 30 psi regulator and burner. Can I just purchase the 30 psi regulator and swap out my old regulator? Do I need...

I have a carboy, but I never transfer to it these days. I even dry hop in my primary by using a hop sack and a sanitized weight to sink the hops to the bottom. Seems to work for me. Now I still siphon into a bottling bucket for bottling purposes. But that may be the next step that I cut out.

Fantastic. In the running.

Thanks again for all the helpful input. Jalgayer's graff recipe stated that the final gravity reading with 1lb of lactose and 1/2 lb of malto dextrine was 1.017. I was just worried about the coloring and consistency of the krausen -- much darker than when I brew and more consistent on top than...

Thanks for your input. My only concern about letting it sit that long is the weather and where I have my fermenter (I don't have a basement -- which would be perfect in this case). Thanks again.

Just a thought -- is there a preservative in the concentrate that is killing the yeast? My only other thoughts have to do with oxygenation (seems unlikely, though)

I am making my first batch of Graff. But of course, I can't just follow a recipe. So, I did a version of jalgayer's Graff with a pound of lactose and 1/2 pound of malto dextrine. And along with the 4 gallons of cider, I also added 4 frozen concentrate containers of apple raspberry juice. The...

I am certain is was through Google on a question I had -- perhaps on a carbonation issue or trying to find some information about making a clone beer of some sort.