It will absolutely fill the house with the wonderful aromas of brewing. You've heard of 'acquired tastes'? like coffee - can't stand it until you love it? Brewing is an 'acquired smell'. You must brew inside often until everybody in the house loves the smell. :) This is most quickly accomplished by ...

Gyro, If you've tried all the basics (like mash temp, grain bill, timing of hop additions) and you're still searching for ways to get that clean hoppy taste... you might consider tinkering with your water. Search for info on the 'sulfate to chloride ratio'. One of the comments in John Palmer's water...

Bummer - maybe things have changed there in the last couple years... I always had really great service from brewmasters warehouse (back in 2009-2010). Seemed like good people. Very responsive, happy to adjust their mill for a finer crush...

Well - I've never tried anything close to flour, but before I got my own crusher and settled into my preferred crush (sorry - don't have a measurement for you) I ordered my grain online and requested a finer grind. Here's the response I got from Brewmasters Warehouse: We currently use a Barley Crush...

Welcome HenryBruer, Great to hear your one of the Early BIAB Brewers!! Here is a couple of ways to reduce Trub losses, After the mashout and pulling the grain bag, Install an older full size BIAB Bag, before dropping your hops. This way, the hops will stay in the bag, and most of the Hot break will...

Hi everybody, I live in San Diego and just found the site through a picture on google images. I was searching for new ways to get less trub in the fermenter and stumbled in here. I've just spent a good bit of time reading though the history of posts and there's lots of good info here. I started brew...