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I am currently mashing in a 100qt igloo cooler and i am using a ordinary round igloo false bottom. this only covers a little less than half of the area of the bottom of the tun. it seems to be working ok, but I'm finding i keep getting low efficiency when i make high gravity beers. I'm...

i just made an IPA on new years day in the freezing 22 degree weather. and when i did my first hop addition at 60 min. i had a little bit of boil over and lost some heat. since i had to shut it down in an attempt not to catch everything on fire. it took me about 20 mins to get back up to...

anyone have a hard time brewing outside in cold weather with propane? planning on doing a 13 gallon boil on sunday, and it supposed to be a high of 22 here in Boston. i do have a wind shield i made out of aluminum flashing, just worried about bringing that much fluid up to a boil

so i just upgraded to 10 gallon system with a keggle and a bigger mash tun. my first 10 gallon batch I made a black IPA. my OG was 1.060. i had a few problems with the new system. my boil overflowed and i had trouble getting back up to a full rolling boil. I also think my starter was a little...

i am new to the kegging thing and i finally got my keezer up and runnin but i keep running into gas troubles. through trial and error i think i keep finding problem and fixing it. well i woke up monday morning and i was outta gas. i presently only have 1 keg hooked up and it has zero pressure so...

Well i have been spending what spare time i have in the last few months building and setting up my first keezer, i put together my own gas manifold and i have had to deal with a few hiccups. i keep running into gas leaks after checking all my connections and re-taping all my threads, and...