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I have a 15 gallon Blickman for both my M/LT and Kettle with a 10 gallon thermos for my HLT. With a 5 gallon batch, the strike water and mash usually (but not always depending on the grainbill) will reach the thermometer level. It works fine for a 10 gallon batch. The Kettle has the same...

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I brewed an AG Kolsch with mash at about 148 degrees. Pitched Wyeast Kolsch 1.5L starter at about 56 degrees. Let rise to 59 and have kept it at 58 to 59 for 2 weeks. Krausen formed by day 2. Still has 2-3 inch Krausen, wort is still quite cloudy with activity and slowly bubbling. Measured...

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Do you still have access to Heady Topper? I have never swapped beer or shipped it, but would be willing to do so if you give me instructions. I have La Cumbre Elevated IPA in cans and can get La Cumbre Project Dank in bottles.

Thank you. Will do.

Last Friday (8 days ago) I brewed a 5.5 gal all grain Belgian Dubbel using the "Brewing Classic Styles" recipe which includes 12 oz of Belgian Amber Candi Sugar (couldn't find syrup, so used the hard stuff) and 8 oz of Cane sugar added to the end of the boil. The OG was 1.072 and I used the...

Great idea. Thanks for the input.

Thanks, so you are saying by draining slowly it is less likely to get stuck? That may be the issue as I just opened the valve all the way and it started well but came to a sudden stop. Ill give it a try. Thanks.

Thanks! I just ordered 5 gallon pain strainer bags off Amazon - 12 of them for $20. I really appreciate the advice.

Thanks very much. Ill look into that.

Thanks! I saw those, In my 15 gallon kettle boiling a 6.5 or so gallon volume I was worried the bag may not hang down low enough to get into the liquid - am I way off. What bag do you use?

I recently went to BIAB and have done about 6 batches. I feel comfortable with most of the process, but continue to struggle with getting the wort from kettle after cooling into carboy. I have a 15 gallon Blickman kettle with spout. I find the process quickly slows to a stop despite trying...

Thanks. That is very helpful information. I was wondering about the bag loss and weather to sparge a little, squeeze, or just hold over pot for 5 minutes and discard. My first few batches I did the latter.

Thanks very much - great advice. I just assumed my boil off rate was 1.5 gallons per hour but I really have no idea. Ill do that for sure.