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If I go BIAB, it will most likely be with a 10 gallon kettle for 5 gallon batches. Would you still recommend a false bottom or bazooka screen to filter the wort going into the fermenter? I hope to keep my temps consistent inside the kettle with just wrapping it up, or putting it into a warm...

So, I have yet to do an AG batch, I am gathering info to get the process down. I am confused a bit about the sparge process. Should I be calculating the amount of sparge water I need to be just enough water so that when I have my full boil volume in my kettle the grain bed should be pretty...

Silly question, is it possible to keg 5 gallon batches? I'm wondering if I will need to step up to 10G batches in order to eventually keg my beer. I'm putting together a wish list of equipment for my switch to an AG setup.

I am bottling an IPA this weekend, and had a question on how to properly determine priming sugar amount wile accounting for wort loss due to a dry hop. 5 gallons went into my primary, and I know I will lose some to trub and yeast cake, but i am more concerned about how to calculate the loss...

Hello all, I'm considering switching to a plastic 6.5G wide mouth bubbler with a dual opening lid to use with a blow-off tube and thermowell. I have read a lot of reviews and the only real downside seems to be the fit of the lid. There is no rubber gasket to seal it, so I am curious to hear...

I think I am suffering from terminology overload and I can't seem to find a simple answer to what i am looking to do. I want to make sure my fermentation temperatures are stable. I have gone the swamp cooler method, but its not accurate or stable enough for my tastes. I don't mind some DIY...

Hello, I brewed an IPA this past Sunday, so it's been 5 full days. Active fermentation has slowed considerably, getting a few bubbles here and there. I have a 4oz. dry hop that I am planning on doing sometime, and that is what I would like some input on. If I add the 4oz today, is...

Hello all, I brewed an IPA today where I steeped grains for 30 minutes. I am wondering about the instructions that came with the kit to see if I can shorten my brew day... I put in room temp water (2.5G) about 70 degrees and immediately put the grains in muslin bags to steep. The directions...

Question... I'm bottling tomorrow and I am wondering if I can use my dishwasher as a bottling rack to store sanitized bottles as I fill them. I'd run the dishwasher empty tonight then sanitize the bottles with my vinator and put them upside down over the spokes with the spokes inside the...

Hello all, I brewed the below White IPA on Sunday 7/12, so it has been in the fermenter for 11 days at this point. The OG on the recipe was to be 1.063, and I measured mine at 1.064 Original Gravity 1.063 Final Gravity 1.014 Alcohol Content 6.5% 7 lb. Briess Bavarian Wheat Dry Malt...

Tonight I will be drawing a sample from my fermenter to check the FG of my white IPA. I have never checked the FG on my first 2 batches, so I want to make sure I do it without introducing too much oxygen and avoiding contamination. I am looking to bottle Saturday or Sunday if the reading today...

Hello all, I'm looking to buy a thermowell and temp probe for my 5g bucket fermenter. Does anyone have any good links for products or instructions on how to make one? I don't know if I want to spend the money for a full digital controller system, I was thinking about how to use the tube through...

In my recent white IPA I made, the recipe calls for dry hopping at the beginning of fermentation, dropping in 1 oz of el dorado pellets before adding the yeast. I have read a number of posts that say you should dry hop after active fermentation is complete... I'm assuming that is to make sure...

Hello all, I have a few questions on swamp coolers. I am fermenting a white IPA right now. I decided to use a swamp cooler for the first time since I was getting temps between 72-76 for prior batches which was too high... I have been able to keep the fermenter temp between 64-70 this round...

Will I get signifigantly different OG readings with different types of water? I have not used my hydrometer yet and I want to calibrate it yet. Is simple tap water ok to use for that, or should I used distilled, spring, etc...

I brewed a 5 gallon batch of a porter using White labs ole english dry ale yeast on Sunday 10/12. I had the fermenter in a room where the ambient temp was 72, but the fermentation temp on the bucket was 76-78 for about 24 hrs before I realized it was a bit high and I moved it. Ever since then...

When making a starter, do you need to pour off the excess liquid so mostly yeast is left and then add that to your cooled wort? Can you just pour the entire contents of the starter into the fermenter? I am not concerned about saving any of the yeast starter for future batches or anything. I...

Hello everyone, brewing my first porter... Fermentation started somewhere between 12-16 hrs ago and I see there is now debris in the blow off tube. It doesn't appear blocked, but I'm concerned about the pressure building up too much. Would you recommend switching out the tube? I am using th...

Hello everyone! I made a batch of porter last night which required white labs WLP007 Dry English Ale Yeast. This is the 1st time I made a yeast starter and I have some concerns. My prior batches have been "smack packs" which bloomed up really nicely. Making a starter was foreign to me...

I will be doing my 1st partial grain batch tomorrow, so this will be the 1st time I am steeping grains and sparging. Due to my stovetop not being powerful enough to boil a large amount of water (my 1st all extract kit took 4 hrs to boil 3 gallons...) I got a 100k BTU propane burner for this...