Homebrewing: Extract to All-Grain

I changed fairly quickly, but namely because I had a "mentor" brewer who had all of the equipment so i could ease into it. I know people who have never switched over and make phenomenal beer. Do not buy into the hype that all grain beer is inherently better than extract. All grain brewers are typically more experienced brewers than extract which leads people to believe that all grain beer is inherently better. Its not the process but the brewer.

You should be in no rush to change over, especially since you have had 2 out of 4 batches go bad on you, IMO. Its a lot of extra equipment and space and time that is required. While the ingredients tend to be cheaper per batch I don't think I have made that money back with all of the extras I have put into the brewery that are not necessary for extract.

I am brewing on Saturday. You are welcome to come see what goes into an all grain brew day.

I did 3 or 4 extract brews w/ 2 of them steeping grains. I changed over and was surprised how easy it was. I still have trouble getting good efficiency in my mash (% of sugars extracted) but otherwise its easy.