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The technique of making beer from malted grains instead of using malt extract for the base sugars.

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How do you sparge?

One of the biggest hurdles I came across when switching to all-grain was learning how to sparge. I honestly still don't think I do it 100% correctly. There are very detailed descriptions online, but t …
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About going all-grain

First, time and patience. Moving to all-grain is a big step, but definitely an awesome one. Including cleanup, your brew day will extend to many hours. Probably close to 9-10 hours when you first sta …
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Shorter Brew Day

Let's look at the different steps, and see where the times goes, and how to make it shorter. I've found that overlapping steps when possible is the best way to save time. Setup If all your equipmen …
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What are the effects of a watery mash?

What are the effects of having too much water in your mash? If it's too "soupy" or watery or whatnot.
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Misjudging Volumes in All-Grain

Though your beer is stronger than it would have been.. :) Here's a pretty good calculator for figuring out how much water to start with, which is a huge plus: http://www.brew365.com/mash_sparge_water …
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Doing my first all grain batch this weekend. What are the key issues for me to follow/watch/do?

First, temperature of the mash. Second, gravity. This will help you determine a lot of things, like if you need to boil down / add water.
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How to brew all-grain indoors

I've been brewing all-grain indoors for a few years now. It's not as nice as brewing outside, but if it's your only option... Right now I have a gas burner, but previously I was electric as well. I j …
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The move from kit brewing to all grain brewing

This was answered here: https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/116/about-going-all-grain Let me know if that answers your question. Edit: Switch from BA to the new site didn't fix all links. …
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All-Grain to Extract and Steeping

7.75 lbs of steeped grains seems like a lot to me. I don't know how well those are going to fit in a grain bag. Suggestion 1 - Use two grain bags and two kettles. You might also not get all the flav …
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