First all grain yesterday

[beer_bear]

Nope. Sounds like everthing is screwed. You need to send it all to me for scientific examination. I'll let you know if it's really screwed or not.

[Chris_J]

Here's the funniest part of it all. My girlfriend who was trying to make me feel better said "Why don't you make something easier like a lager? You know like Molson Canadian or something?"

[newbiebrew]

Here's the funniest part of it all. My girlfriend who was trying to make me feel better said "Why don't you make something easier like a lager? You know like Molson Canadian or something?"

Moloson, aghhhhh . Dump her. lol.

[beer_bear]

yup, I agree. Three words, TO THE CURB!!!

Jk, she just needs to be educated in the reality of good beers.

[Dave97402]

Also at first that cold break/trub material looks really deep. By the time your done it will be a much shallower layer at the bottom. I remember see that the first time I thought dang! That looks like a lot. But it was a lot less at racking time.

[PDub]

Denny's RIPA is quite popular. That was also my first all grain brew (which was only a week ago). I think the beauty of batch sparging, though I'm no expert of course, is that if you're low on yield, just do another sparge until you get where you want. Or if you think you've gotten as much out of the grains as you can, then just top up the brew kettle.

[Chris_J]

The RyeIPA is fermenting very nicely now. I forgot that the trub would settle more and compact so that's a plus I suppose. Anyway, I figured to hell with it and I'm brewing again tomorrow. This time Jamil's california common. I've also decided that instead of brewing a different style every time I brew, to concentrate on one or two styles. Nut Brown being one of those styles. I'll decide on another when I've had a good look at the local stores and what they have in stock.