Helpful Brewing Tips

Some basic useful tips I've come across:

• Measure and prepare the night before.

• Clean while you're waiting around. This saves a lot of time.

• Types of boil

• Hydrometer Adjustment
Does your hydrometer reading seem way off? Check the temperature of the wort you're measuring. Quite often when you measure the pre-boil gravity the wort temperature is much higher than what the hydrometer is calibrated for. You can adjust the reading using an online calculator - Hydrometer Calculator

• BIAB bags are not just for using this brewing style. You can use a bag in regular mash to help avoid stuck sparges.

• Always wrap the top of your immersion chiller with a towel. Just in case it leaks.

• Save the headache of soaking bottles in a bucket of star-san. Use a bottle rinser instead.