Hello

[AleDefender]

Good evening. I've been brewing for about a year now, just from kits though. My reason for joining the forum is to pick the experts brains on going to the next level of home brew making for extraction brewing- my goal is to go all grain eventually.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Welcome to the forum :

 

[Joeyriles]

Welcome to the forum. The guys here are very helpful and knowledgeable.

 

[VillageBrew]

Hi! I've been picking up tips on an almost daily basis! I went from kits - extract - AG in 2 brew days. Once you are set up for the additional effort of boiling and adding your own hops, the extra work to mash the grains is minimal. :drunk:

 

[cheapbrew]

Welcome :hat:

stick around here for long and you'll soon be trying all grain, have you seen Clibits thread easy AG how to guide?

http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=51779

 

[Graz]

Welcome, it's a slippery slope being on here. You'll be doing your first AG before you know it and buying lots of kit you never knew you needed.

It is only the constraint of time that stopping me at the moment. Once my kids get a bit older I'll be looking to upgrade my brews.

 

[Covrich]

Welcome!!:thumb:

 

[Alcoholx]

welcome to the forum.. have fun

 

[AleDefender]

Thanks for the worm welcome :). So, my next step in the learning curve of brewing beer is extract brewing - is it really worth the extra cost of stainless steel boilers over plastic? And probably a really noob question but what's a HLT I've seen a boiler advertised with one.
Cheers.

 

[ManseMasher]

Welcome aboard! HLT - Hot Liquor Tank. At the top of the page there is a glossary full of brewers acronyms....

 

[AleDefender]

Ah ok, thanks Mansemasher! What was strange was nearly identical boilers from the same seller was £12 difference and one included HLT and one didn't. The difference being a pipe attachment on the side - recirculation of hot liquor, maybe??

 

[darkbright]

You're definitely in the right place. If you're willing to read and listen, you could go to all grain in no time at all. I have.

 

[keat64]

Hlt is just another water boiler.
You can get away with one boiler for All Grain

 

[AleDefender]

I've just read the thread by clibit for simple AG brew. How good is that thread? Having each step broken down to its simplest form is so easy to understand. I'm really up for my first AG brew now.