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I just ran 2 lbs of 2 row through the nutrimill last night to see what the outcome would be....flour.....so corona mill on the cheap for now. Love to get a CrankandStein but that will be a later day and I'm doing BIAB so I think a little more flour from the Corona will be ok...but I'm a newb so...

this is an old thread but I have concerns. I don't like the bottling spigot either. So I have an extra 5 g kettle....if I don't sell it, couldn't a person just use that if I put a cheap bv on it? I'd much rather use one of those free be cheap kettles from NB than that plastic thing...but that...

I'm calling Spike today...I've been eyeing at 15 with BV, Therm, and SG for a while now. What I was wondering if the temp readings were affected since it is lower...I read in one forum something about a guy putting a case with grease around it?? I think he called it a thermowell? Sorry...I'm...

definitely going to pony up for the silicone if that works....HATE the coiling, I don't care if they are $2 a foot :-) my wife might, but I'll just beg for forgiveness :-) Nice idea on the rag and string....thanks!

I use a 6.5g glass carboy....made a mess a couple times from vigorous fermentation so just switched to blow off. I'm guessing that it just plugged my airlock?? Am I supposed to switch those out on occasion during the first few days?

Ok, maybe another dumb question :-) Racking and siphon hoses: I get the hoses and they are all coiled....how can I get them so they don't curl so much, which seems to just be annoying. Blow off hoses: any good long cleaning brush? I haven't found one...I did recently read about...

I've skimmed through that link someone left and wow yes it seems to add confusion lol. After reading and summarizing I'm thinking of soaking in Star Sans during the boil and adding at flameout to not kill my boil....

Thanks everyone, I appreciate the help. I do usually turn the propane up. I had read in a few places to immerse it for the last 15 minutes of the boil for sanitation. I do ferment in a carboy but I usually have a sanitation bucket handy to where I could also do that. I think my biggest issue...

Thanks for this post...I am looking at getting a 15g kettle from Spike Brewing and I do mainly 5g batches...however, I might like to do a very rare 10g batch and was hoping a 15 would work on a rare occasion.