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I bought a wilser bag and it works great! My false bottom broke which dropped the bag on top of my heating element and it burned a few small holes in my bag. Wilser let me send it back and fixed it, even though not his fault, and let me order a backup at a discount. Huge +1 for him. Great...

That's a great idea. It's difficult for me to try new yeast given the amount of time (and some $ investment) to possibly make something I like less or worse hate! A tasting night with same wort but different yeasts would be a great way to broaden our horizons.

I've not tried this but I can say with a 20 gal pot the difference in me brewing a 5 gal batch vs 10 gal is < 20 mins of extra time to double the batch. If you had limited space to ferment you could easily brew a larger batch all at once then ferment the 2nd half as soon as you finished...

Good looking kettle! Im in.

Although the amazon route seems easiest, I must say I'm curious what your results are if you decide to create your own scoby. Please update if you do :)

Interesting idea, but I'd not want to put another hole in the side of my pot. I've had recirc issues using a pump like you described and learned 2 things. 1) You can restrict the pump OUTFLOW (never pump inflow) and control this. I had visible wort in my biab bag and didnt notice the level...

Love the idea, but with commentary on the forums about a scratch in a fermenter and someone having infection problems despite strict sanitation I'd have some concerns. But...I have a 20 gal pot and when I do only 5 gal batches its hard to get enough depth in my pot for my wort chiller, so I...

Put your vodka and PB2 in a mason jar. Most extracts are done over weeks-months. I'd at least give it a week. Shake it daily. I usually pour through a coffee filter to get rid of particulate mater, but if your are going to use gelatin in a keg it will probably settle on the bottom with the...

I got a small chest freezer for fermenting with an inkbird temp controller. Works great! Only thing is...consider how much you will be brewing. I started brewing a 5 gal batch, then realized hey it's only about 20 mins more work to brew 10 gals...and then I had 2 ferm buckets. Since brewing...

Another good reason to restrict flow - you can pull wort out of the pot faster than it filters back through the grains and run the pump dry and/or if you have a heating element in there and expose it allowing it to burn whatever is on the element and potentially crack your element. A lot of...

Doing biab...I'd definitely go for a fine crush. I have a Wilser bag (check out his post above). It's a fine weave so you can crush those grains fine. Which is only really relevant because I can buy a 5 gal kit, scale up the water to 5.5 because I want to NET 5 gal in my keg after losses...

I was excited to try out my new 17.5" false bottom yesterday and ditch my pizza tin for good. I put in 4 legs on outer ring and left out the middle leg as my heating element was in the way. When putting it in the pot its a great fit. There is also no discernible flex in it like there was...

I like others brew 11 gal batches to try and net to full 5 gal kegs. I estimated it takes about 15-20 additional minutes to brew 11 vs. 5.5 (little bit extra time grinding grains, spliting into 2 fermenters) I've also been doing back to back brews at times. Your setup/teardown/cleanup will be...

Crap! I just brewed last weekend wearing crocs and almost fell on my butt when I hit a wet spot. You have made me reconsider the consequences of doing that next to my boiling pot! Thanks for the heads up. I'm going to change the shoes I wear and maybe put down a no skid mat. Wishing you a...

Without details it is difficult to offer good advice, but I too moved from extract to all grain and had a few issues along the way...but it is doable. "but again not quite as good as my local brew pub or a commercial beer" I think that's the focal point. So..what are you trying to make that...