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Let it go. It will mellow in time. IMO.

My guess (this is my guess and I don't know what I am talking about half the time) is you underpitched causing the off flavors. Half a vial for a 5 gallon batch is a bit short. Hence 3 days to see signs of fermentation. The yeast had to get their numbers up first.

I have a 1968 Squareback. I love aircooled VW's. Sorry to hear about your family's car. Some people have no respect.

Congrats on the first batch!! I have been brewing all grain batches on the stove top. 2.5 gallon batches are easily doable on the stove top. I mash in the oven BIAB. Works like a charm. There are ways to get around buying expensive equipment.

Just my opinion but I would say wort chiller. You could continue to use dry yeast for awhile eliminating the need for a stir plate. You have to cool every batch of wort however. :drunk:

First of all I LOVE the look of your chamber. I am curious how many pallets approximately it took to cover the outside. I can get them in my area for 2 bucks apiece. Need to crunch the numbers if I am better off with nice plywood.

5 gallon batch?

How do you control your fermentation temps? From what I have read, the number one thing a new brewer needs to get right, besides sanitation, is keeping the yeast in the "bingo" zone.

Gorgeous build. I love the compactness and the retractable cord is a great idea. May have to borrow that one. :mug:

2.5 gallons of Dreggs Brown Porter= 1912.5

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It's not about being as cheap as possible. In fact I already have an 8 gallon aluminum pot. I like the way the video used the elements and wiring from the cheap kettles. I am kind of thinking of this setup in a cooler to bring strike water to temp then dough in and mash all in one container.

Thanks for the link. I've been lurking for quite awhile and have noticed there are some items that seem to get people fired up. Oh well. No skin off my back. Cheers.

Also found this information online about HDPE "HDPE is also somewhat harder and more opaque and it can withstand rather higher temperatures (120° Celsius for short periods, 110° Celsius continuously)." So a 60 or 90 minute boil should not be a problem. Theoretically.

Found this video by the same guy doing an all grain batch with it. http://youtu.be/vH3u8OdS5_A Seems to work well. I'm thinking of giving it a go as proof of concept. I am also a little concerned with how soft the plastic gets. I figure give it a try, the most I could be out is a 5...

So I found this video on YouTube and I am very intrigued. http://youtu.be/9XBeJBStUqI I am interested in doing a trial run for all grain 2.5 gallon batches. What problems do you guys see? The video shows the water at a full boil and the comments have several people saying the system worked...

5 gallons Chubby Tire + 613 = 618

I may be out of line here as I am pretty new and just starting in the hobby. You could use a rolling pin to crush your grains for this batch until your mill arrives. I only know this from reading on the forum. Haven't actually tried it. Sent from my SCH-I605 using Home Brew mobile app

I'm brand new too. The waiting is the hardest part. I can't help but go downstairs every day and look at my bubbles and squeeze my bottles. I'll be glad to get a pipeline built up. Welcome.