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im in! :mug:

I'm in.

Just bookmarked your blog. Thanks again for all the information. I hope this helped the OP.

Possibly, but I would like to just wash the protein off the top cropped yeast and store it. Since I only brew about every other week. Then I would make a starter from what I have stored when I'm ready to brew.

Thanks for the info WoodlandBrew! I'll check those links out.

I had this exact same thing happen to my last batch. The OG wasn't as high as yours only about 1.050, but I had a little over 5.5 gal in a 6.5 bucket. So only 1 gal of head space. Needless to say there was a ton of blow off into a jar of SS. After about a week i saw that nice thick layer of...

I had the same issue with mine. After a couple months of waiting with no carbonation I decided to go against my better judgment and force carb with a keg. It did the trick and the beer tastes great even though it was introduced to oxygen for the pour from the bottle to the keg.

I was woken up this morning by my wife telling me the lid to my fermenter had blown off. I've been brewing for about a year and a half now and have finished about 25 batches; yet to have this happen though. Anyways after cleaning up the mess I'm sort of happy, the batch is still fine, and I feel...

Thanks for the input. It did look like it might not hold a keg very well. SQ14 is half the price which is a definite plus with my finances. Also sounds like the 10 inch burner flies through propane, and can be difficult to manually control temps without a PLC.

I have done BIAB partial mashes with great success. I think I would get upper 70 to 80 % efficiency. I just never could do a full AG BIAB because my boil kettle is only 8 gallons, anything more than 6 lbs of malt and my kettle would over flow. Also I can't use the keg, because my burner is too...

One more thing I think I failed to mention. I work the night shift, so to get this mashtun finished and do an AG batch I had to for go sleep. I've been up now, for 27 and 1/2 hours, all for the love of the beer:tank:. Now it's time for some sleep!:cross:

Just finished up the first batch. Brewed an IPA, I got about 52% efficiency. I know that's horrible, but I'm not complaining. Having to make a false bottom out of a pie pan on the fly, I'm glad I got over 50%. Definately planning on getting a real false bottom in the future. I think my...

Lets see how this sun visor holds the temps.

It's a pie pan.