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I switched to BIAB back in August and couldn't be happier. I was doing PM up until then for a year and a half. From my experience with PM I don't see myself going to the traditional 3 vessel system. More work and more things to clean. I find BIAB to be easier and overall a more enjoyable...

Park Ridge. Where Han Solo attended high school.

I always thought BIAB was a reach for me. I almost bought 2 coolers at Lowes. Then I looked into the process of converting those coolers into mash tun and HLT. Financial considerations aside, BIAB started looking more and more appealing. Got a promotion at work and spent $250 on a new kettle and...

I use NG and here is my system. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I went with a 15 gallon Spike. They were having a sale. I got everything I needed for about $230. I just assembled it last night. I filled it to the top with water and not one drop was seen. Very pleased. I upgraded from a cheap 5 gallon kettle that was sufficient for PM and extract but I wanted...

Must give a shout out to Ben. Ordered on Monday and in my garage by Tuesday. Totally awesome. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

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So here goes. I did my last partial mash creme ale this afternoon. i've been brewing for almost 2 yrs and never had anything like this happen. My SG was a whopping 1.030. Grain bill: (What I mashed at about 150 F for over an hour in about 3 gallons of water) 5.5 lbs of 2 row 1 lb of...

Hmm. How do you do that? Drain it into the keg and then top it off with co2? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

More than 24 hours. I like the idea of brewing in the fall and pitching yeast in the winter. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Hey everyone. I'm just trying to figure out which size container to get for a 5 gallon all grain batch I'm going to be making via BIAB. 5 or 6? Don't anticipate fermenting in it either b/c it seems like it would be a little tricky cleaning it out. I plan on buying a container from US plastics...

Any idea when the new kettles be released? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Hi guys. Sure this has been addressed before but here goes. I'm going to switch to BIAB. I do PM now and BIAB seems to make the best sense. I've decided that I'm going to buy my bag from wilserbrewer but I'm undecided on a kettle. I'm deciding between a spike kettle and a concord. I will say...

Hello all. I'm going to making the jump to AG soon and will be buying a kettle soon. I am leaning towards buying a 10 gallon kettle since I only brew 5 gallon and don't see ever going any higher than that. With all the different options out there is it worth to buy an expensive kettle or would a...

Is it the older or newer one? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I found a recipe for an Octoberfest. When I plugged it into BeerSmith it came out with a high gravity, closer to 1.07. I had an extra half pound of wheat in that recipe that in the end I did not use, and my OG just now came out at 1.04. I'm rather pissed to say the least b/c I hate making...

I don't do lagers because I can't. Taking advantage of the 21 day trial of beersmith I made up my own Oktoberfest but as an ale using dry yeast. I got the recipe off of here but substituted the yeast. It came in as a high gravity beer and I am wondering if I needed 2 packets of the dry yeast...

Well, 2 weeks later and the beer has been kegged and tried. It's all good. Better than the last wit I made. Moral of the story? It's hard to infect beer.

I bottled my first time and then bought a kegging system. I hated it. Took me forever when I factored in the time spent cleaning 50 bottles and then filling them. Also wasted a ton of water too. When my keg is empty I fill it half way up with hot water and run it through my lines. That's it...

If I had $200 I would buy ag stuff too. But the outdoor burner is fantastic.