Recent content by 6ToedCat

A very nice west coast IPA (all grain):

Greetings, I would suggest never dry hopping in the primary fermentor vessel. Rack off beer after fermentation to a secondary vessel; place your hops in a clean mesh bag and place in the bottom of the secondary, rack from the primary ensuring the hops are soaked, place the lid on with an airlock...

Bigcol49, I have not heard of "conditioning" malt. Please explain the process. On another note, in the US I use 20# propane tanks as a source of fuel for my 2 burners ... also my BBQ grill. Do you know if they (large propane tanks) are available in the UK ? (pictured in right side)

Greeting, I'm brand new to the forum and am reading thru this post. I used to get low OG before I started 1) crushing my own grains, 2) doing a 2-step Mash - Step 1: Mash grain at 50C for 30 minutes, Step 2: slowly raise Mash temp to 69C and hold for 30 minutes, Sparge with 76C. In addition to...