[natebrews]

Bust out the DME!

[HoosierBrew]

Bust out the DME!

The great equalizer on a big beer.

[Frankenbrew]

Bust out the DME!

The great equalizer on a big beer.

Totally! Nothing to see here, folks, just back away.

[HoosierBrew]

Bust out the DME!

The great equalizer on a big beer.

Totally! Nothing to see here, folks, just back away.

[Joe Sr.]

I came in low yesterday in my ESB and added hot water to get it to my mash temp. I probably have around 50 all grain batches in the books. It's good for us neophytes to hear those with 10x more experience still adjust as needed.


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I would have done that, but there was no room in the cooler.  Ended up at 50% mash efficiency into the kettle..oh, well!

You're me eight days ago.  Eight days later I'm totally ok with it.

[Ellismr]

Bust out the DME!

Too funny that's what I was thinking


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[coolman26]

You thought about fly sparging. Come on Denny, it is OK.......I had that happen on an Imperial Stout. In the end it was a fantastic Stout. All ends well when brewing.


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[brewinhard]

Yep, totally have setbacks from time to time. My last helles I used a new stainless chiller and did not clean it as thoroughly as I thought I did. Ended up with purple boiling foam in the kettle. Seriously. The foam from the boil start was bright purple.

Needless to say that is the first batch I have dumped before kegging it in about 8 years. Oh well, learned my lesson.

[natebrews]

Good to know, I just opened a box with my shiny new stainless chiller in it.  I'll home for no purple foam.

[HoosierBrew]

I highly recommend a sink full of hot Dawn suds and a blue scrub pad. Then a thorough rinse and it's ready to rock. Mine came with a warning to clean first as a reminder.

[natebrews]

Yeah, I wasn't sure it I should do Dawn or purple power and then dawn. 

[HoosierBrew]

Yeah, I wasn't sure it I should do Dawn or purple power and then dawn. 

The paperwork mine came with recommended what I posted FWIW. I'm 4 or 5 batches in on it and no purple foam or beer.

[denny]

Bust out the DME!

The great equalizer on a big beer.

Totally! Nothing to see here, folks, just back away.

For some reason, that never crossed my mind...DOH!  Oh, well, I've got 11 gal. of "session" Rye IPA.

[denny]

I came in low yesterday in my ESB and added hot water to get it to my mash temp. I probably have around 50 all grain batches in the books. It's good for us neophytes to hear those with 10x more experience still adjust as needed.


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I would have done that, but there was no room in the cooler.  Ended up at 50% mash efficiency into the kettle..oh, well!

You're me eight days ago.  Eight days later I'm totally ok with it.

Only took me about an hour to be OK with it.  I mean, what else can ya do?

[Joe Sr.]

Right, it didn't take me eight days to get OK with it.  But it took at least an hour.

I added some extra sugar to the saison to bump it up a bit.  And the quad became a dubbel.