Recent content by johnnysoj

You mentioned getting the valves just right. I had that problem, and it was a pain to balance them. I ended up buying a blichman autosparge. It was the best 70-something bucks I've ever spent. I just open my HTL full, and the autosparge takes care of maintaining a nice level of water on top...

You can let it ride and have a lower triple, or increase your boil enough to boil down to your original target volume, then start your clock and add your hops. The only downside to that, I believe, would be that your color might be off. Five points isn't too big of a deal, and as long as the...

+1 to blackdirt_cowboys response. Some people, like me like to have the option to do larger, stronger batches, so we opt for a bigger setup. As far as limitations with BIAB, you need to get creative if you want to do heavier beers (>1.060) as you'll run into issues fitting all the grain in...

Before going to full all grain with a mash tun, and HLT, give Brew in a bag try. The only thing you'll need is a large mesh bag for the grain. You can probably get a 5 gallon paint strainer bag from home depot. You heat your strike water in your boil kettle, then you put the bag in, and mash...

You're correct about the safety side of things. If the flow of your mash gets impeded by grain, or a pump malfunction, and the probe is in the mash tun, then your rims tube might explode. Its also to allow for even heating. Measuring the temperature inside the tun may accidentally allow the...

NeoBrew, where is the thermocouple for your rims located? If its in the mash tun, you'll definitely have issues with the liquid inside the tube boiling/scortching if you get a stuck sparge. I have mine located at the output end of the rims tube. I run the wort from the bottom of the heating...

I pulled the trigger on a RIMS setup last year. I ended up buying Bobby's RIMS tube and a 120V SS heating element and building my own controller. Nothing terribly complicated, as theres lots of material on the internet. I think it's helped me alot. Yes, it adds some additional complexity...

Welcome to the forums Mikelbeck! I'm from nassau county! If you're ever in 516, try to make your way down to Homebrews and Handgrenades in Baldwin. Pete is the shop owner, totally cool and down to earth. We have monthly bottle swaps on the second thursday of every month. It's a bunch...

dcbc, I have a thermometer inside the keggle/mt, and It's read from there. When I'm only doing a small batch, and it doesn't reach the thermometer (at approx the 6 gallon level in a 15.5 keg) I use a thermapen that I measure various points around the mash. What seems to be happening I believe...

Great interview! Bobby's store brewhardware.com is awesome. All of my fittings, pumps, hoses, etc came from him. Great support and customer service, and rock solid products! I can't wait to try some of the new products. Thanks Bobby! John.

Hello all! I've been all grain brewing for about 2 years now, primarily single infusion mashes. I recently created/converted a 15.5 gallon keggle to use for mashing 10 gallon batches, but figured I had everything I need to do a direct fired RIMS setup. The keggle has a false bottom, so my...

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Hello all, I had a question that I was hoping someone could assist me with. I've been doing all grain for awhile now, I have two 10 gal igloo coolers. one is an HLT and the other is my MLT. Most of the time I only do 7 gallon batches of normal gravity beers. I'm looking to do a 10 gallon...

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