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Does anyone do this? I just got a Brinkman 5-burner gas grill with the burners equaling 50,000 BTUs and one side burner at 13,500 BTUs. Would this setup work?

With the water method should I assume the wort temp will be near the temp of the water surrounding it? Or is there a general rule to assume its a few degrees higher?

I live in an old farm house with a well. Water is not a concern. I think im just gonna fill up a cooler with water and use ice packs. It seems like the best idea and it will work well. Plus I'm doing a 3-gallon batch so the swamp cooler with water seems to be the best route.

So use the ice to drive down the temp inside the bigger cooler so that the wort temp stays in the range? Due to it being 5-10 degrees warmer because of the fermentation?

So like this?

I'm about to brew an ale and I was wonder if temp swings like that could be dangerous. And if so what could I do to cut down on the swing?

Okay here is my recipe. Musselman's Cider - 3 gallon Brown Sugar - 1.8 lbs Cinnamon Sticks - 3 Montrachet Wine Yeast ( LHBS suggested it because they didnt have Notinghams ) Steps: 1 - Disovle the brown sugar in 3/4 gallon of cider on stove. Add cini sticks 2 - Cool and...

Hello, So I was just the recipient of 6-7 cases of old barn bottles from a homebrewer that past away about 7 years ago and in one of the boxes was four 1 gallon jugs he used for wine. Now my question is can I ferment in a primary and then split the batch in to the various jugs to finish off...

I want to brew a Delirium Tremens clone and convert it to extract. This is the recipe from this forum. Ingredients ----------- Beet Sugar 1.00 lb, Sugar, Other Pilsener (Belgian) 6.50 lb, Grain, Mashed Styrian Golding 0.75 oz, Pellet, 60 minutes Saaz 0.50 oz, Pellet, 15 minutes Coriander...

We have a garage that I can brew in that won't give me frostbite and will keep me out of the sun. So I am good. Now I just need to hone in what kinda of burner I want. BUT my problem is that I want to stay away from brew kits and buy ingredients for 1-2 gallon brews. If this is the case I...

Qhrimphf, I'm sorry I never responded lol. I've been super busy as of Late and haven't really checked the thread. I live on a farm. So I can brew in my garage, in a barn, outside what have you. I'm looking for a propane burner because I don't want to be stuck in the kitchen. Hank Hill should...

My yeast says it works between 72-64. But I learned my basement in the area I keep my bucket gets down to 58-62 at night. I say bubbling in the first day of pitching but it has since stopped. Can I revive the yeast by moving it to a slightly warmer spot or am I screwed?

I currently have 30 minutes left in my boil and I can tell you from steeping my specialty grains, to adding the LME, to bring that (and 3 gallons) to a boil, I am frustrated kinda. I started my water on the glass top stove at 5:05 pm and it is 8:20 pm now and its hardly a roiling boil on its max...

So the brew is currently happening and I'm hitting my temps like no other. Something I didnt think was gonna happen.

I actually didn't end up brewing yesterday sadly. My girlfriend came over and she woke up feeling very sick. Well I caught it too by brew time. I want to go in to my first brew feeling well.