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Thanks for the replies. The book should be here today. I asked about boiling as I was initially considering one of the Mangrove Jack's kits, and they have you boil water and add to the fermenter. Other recipes I've found of course don't say anything about boiling so was a bit confused. I also...

I've been making beer for a while now (all-grain BIAB is my preference), have also made a couple batches of wine, but have never made a cider. Would like to venture into this but so far have not found just a basic best-practices HOW-TO for cider. I am just wanting to know how it differs from...

Once I move from propane, this is what I plan to go with. All in, with a new chiller, you'll be into it just over $1600 for a 20G setup. This also includes the Steam Slayer so you can brew indoors w/o an exhaust fan. https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/biabpackagepremium.htm

With my 15G kettle, my largest grist so far was 22.5# and that is with a full volume mash, no sparge.

If considering BIAB, this will be my next setup... https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/biabpackagepremium.htm

Lift up above waist height, push out from your body enough to clear the wall, then down to nearly floor level again? I use a Kegmenter and when full that's like 80 pounds. I am plenty strong, but that type of motion kills my back.

Unless I am not understanding your process, I think that will be a back-wrecking exercise to lift a full fermenter over the side and down into the floor of the freezer.

About time, why nothing like this before? It's just the so-so plastic ones or nothing.

Not knowing any better, I just followed the OP (Wayne's) recipe which indicated to put those ingredients in for the last 10 minutes of the boil. Now i know.

I brewed a Blue Moon Clone using a different recipe a few months ago and found the overall flavor profile quite underwhelming (5G packaged). Although I used 1.5 oz of orange peel and 0.6 oz of coriander, neither of those flavors came thru. I used Hallertau Blanc as that's the closest hop I had...

I first made a marked tube, but have since landed on using a metal ruler. Since every batch is different, I find it more accurate to just pre-calculate what my measurement should be based on my kettle volume, then just measure it directly on the ruler.

Hello from the Triad. Love the beach! Was just up in Morehead City during Big Rock. Good times!

I have found that my boil off rate is more like 1.33 gal/hr! I use a bayou-style propane burner and have difficulty getting consistent results. It's easy to over boil, after I first got it, I think my rate was like 1.75 gal/hr! I plan to move to an electric setup sometime to help alleviate...

I found that I also need to account for water expansion at various temps. At typical mash temps, water expands about 2% and 4% at boiling (though this is NOT a linear relationship). So when measuring volumes, make sure to take that into account or you will end up with less than you think you...

Not to be too nitpicky here, but I think you mean GALLONS/LB and not QUARTS/LB. I also use 0.09 gal/lb and that is with a moderate squeeze. I first used around 0.05 per this calculator (Brew in a Bag (BIAB) Calculator ~) but found that way too low and had to squeeze the ever-living-$h!t outta...

Brewhardware, but currently out of stock. You could ping Bobby to see when they might get more. https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/siliconetubingreinforced1id.htm

I am also a fanboy of the Golden Ratio. Curious if this is merely anecdotal or if the application of the GR has some discernible effect.

I have nothing particular to offer aside from my genuine interest after reading the article a while back. I am also very intrigued by this approach at the home brew scale to see if it does in fact help produce better beers of this style. So far, I am a bit underwhelmed by my own attempts as...

Interesting. I have so far only used S-04 for the NEIPAs and was planning to try the S-33 next as it is advertised to be more applicable for the style. Based on your assessment, maybe just stick with S-04.