Hi Folks, first time poster, sorry if this is in the wrong place. I copied a Maibock recipe from HighVoltageMan! and totally missed on the OG. My measured OG was 1.042, which will result in a pathetic ABV of 3.81% if the rest of the brew goes to plan. I am also worried that I'm going to be...

I just finished brewing my first all grain. I added 4 gallons of strike water to 13 pounds of grain, as calculated. The grains were "wet" but appeared to absorb all of the water. Making it very difficult to mix. I am concerned that me false bottom is too large. Do you add water to grains or...

Hey there Joey from the southern portion of California here :P So, I've been brewing for the last few months with extract brewing and just decided to get into all-grain. Put together a 5 gallon cooler mash tun today and it came out just right. Waiting on a fermentation bucket to come in the mail...