Homebrewing: Brewing in process thread (with pics)

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Question, what does a longer mash time do? Convert more starches to sugars?

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Single infusion mash? Not much. You might gain a few more points, but generally not worth it.

Just mashed in. Had to add a gallon of hot water to get my temps up. Standing at 152.

I think the grains were a little colder than normal. Equipment was good. I boil about 2 gallons before i start my mash water and let it sit in my cooler.

I think just the temps outside. Every other time i've brewed its usually around 80 to 85 degrees.

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I think just the temps outside. Every other time i've brewed its usually around 80 to 85 degrees.

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I've got the correct grain and equipment temp in beersmith and I'm telling it to adjust for that. Water is too hot at the moment but we'll see how well beersmith calculates for it in a second.

My first brew was a huge success...brewing my first IPA next weekend.

Good luck on the brews

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I've got the correct grain and equipment temp in beersmith and I'm telling it to adjust for that. Water is too hot at the moment but we'll see how well beersmith calculates for it in a second.

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Using beersmith too. I forgot to input grain temps. Too busy thinking of other shite i'm thinking.

And too hungover to have a beer at the moment.

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My first brew was a huge success...brewing my first IPA next weekend.

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Congrats!

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Using beersmith too. I forgot to input grain temps. Too busy thinking of other shite i'm thinking.

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Still missed it by 2F. Adding 1 qt boiling water now...


ETA: frick it 150 will do just fine...

It can cost as little or as much as you want

Austin Homebrew Supply has some nice starter kits that can get you going, and they generally get you your stuff in just a couple days with flat rate shipping.

I'm using 5 gallon carboy a for now, so I usually end up with 20-24 bombers. I'm gonna use my bucket for the primary today to make sure I can get 5 gallons in the secondary this time

Heating up sparge water to fly sparge in a few minutes. 10 minutes left to mash.

I will recommend this though: don't go cheap if you think it's something you'll really like, or you will just end up spending more to replace and upgrade later. Get a boil pot much bigger than you think you'll need. I use a cut open keg with a drain valve added. I've only done 5 gallon batches but could do 10 easily without worrying about boiling over.

And don't be intimidated by the all-grain technical talk. Start with extract, and you can make plenty of tasty beer