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Thanks Judanero, What sort of grains would need sparging, just so I know for the future?

Hi Guys, My recipe thats almost ready to go requires some Crystal Malt and some Chocolate malt grain. I'm used to the steeping principle but I've never really sparged before. Considering my batch size is so small (fermenting amount is 4.5 to 5 litres, grain is about 200g max), would you...

It does I hadn't spotted that yob. So presumably if I make it yes it calculates the IBU based on me adding all the malt at once?

Thats okay. Thanks Kev. I notice the amount of DME to put in the original boil is dependant on the amount of Grains being used. Are you able to explain why that is so?

Hi Guys, Yes I'm still brewing 5 litre batches. So if you threw in all the malt, then you wouldn't necessarily get the required IBU value from the Hops? Is that right? Is there a way on the spreadsheet to reflect that?

Hi Guys, I've been using the great spreadsheet on this forum to create my latest brews. Just a question that I'm curious about: I note on the brewday page it tells you how much dry malt extract to put into the boil to get the desired gravity. What would happen if you put more DME in at the...

Thanks guys, I have a hand operated coffee grinder so maybe i'll try and run it through that. If not, the rolling pin it is. I'm only brewing small batches (5 litre) so crushing would only be a small amount.

The title probably says it all guys. But any ideas how to crush grain without using a mill and with just standard kitchen equipment?

Thanks guys. The second beer now has about an inch of foam on top, I think the problem is the bung keeps coming loose. I've now purchased another bung so will see how I go with that. Managed to get hold of some grain bags today too!

Im in North Melbourne.

Will look out for them. Will be in Geelong on the weekend and pretty sure there is a home brew shop there.

I've got another question on the steeping of the grain. Would you suggest using a bag of some sort? At the moment, i've just been putting the grain in the pan and sieving the whole mixture after.

Yep....I thought that about the FAQs to. I've homebrewed in the past, but because of limited space, I have a couple of these at the moment. I also quite like the idea of experimenting on a small scale without having to potentially waste 23 litres worth. The kits I'm making came with the...

Yep thats the one.

Yep the brewsmith ones are 5 litre kits. This one is a Blonde Ale....so two lots of dry malt went in, hops, a bit of lime peel and the yeast. I didnt weigh the malt separately so just trusted what was there....if i guessed i'd say the first lot of malt was half a kilo ish, the second maybe 300g

Hi Guys, It is a kit already made up. So I didnt control quantities at all. As I said in the posts above, my initial worry was the state of the malt, which was sticky almost like chewing gum in places when I poured out the bag. The fermenter is only 5 litres. Temperature wise, my apartment...

Good question. I don't have a hydrometer at the moment.

yeah I think there is some condensation on the top...but no krausen now, there was originally but I think this was only caused by me shaking it up. I didnt measure gravity to start with.

Still no bubbling this morning. So been 48 hours now. What are your thoughts about pitching some more yeast?

Yeah read this story about a week okay, it was spirits they were making.