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Exactly. :mug:

I use one and it works great. Once you start agitating at a fairly high speed the wort it will begin to whirlpool, then just use an up and down motion going from the top of the wort to the bottom and this will draw the air into the wort.

I eliminated the worry by sweating a couple extensions onto my wort chiller so the hose connection were outside of the kettle. It also helps keep the hoses away from the flame while the chiller is in the kettle.

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I'll have to try your method the next time I brew. I did the snowbank and stir method for my last batch and it took an hour and forty-five minutes to bring the temp down to 70°.

That's a pretty nice opener but I'm looking for one like this:

If you have any snow outside you can put the kettle in a snowbank, pack snow around it as needed and stir the wort occasionally to help it cool. Its definitely allot slower than an IC, but it works. I made a batch last week and used the above method and it took about an hour and forty-five...

I have a 52 Qt Coleman Extreme with a stainless steel braid and I am consistently hitting at or above 75% efficiency using grain that I crush at my LHBS. Have you checked you thermometer to make sure it was accurate?

Since you have it go ahead and use it. I also agree with clayof2day that you should focus on your process first.

Nice job finishing your first AG batch in under 4 hours.:rockin:

If you don't see yourself brewing more than 5 gallon batches the 9 gallon pot will be more than sufficient. If you think you may eventually brew larger batches then consider a keggle or the largest pot that is within your budget.

A 36 qt or larger pot would be the best but you can also get by with a slightly smaller one. I use a 32 qt. pot and have boiled as much as 7.75 gallons without boiling over using the technique EdWort demonstrates in his video. <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie"...

Hi Dan, welcome to the world of homebrewing and HBT. I'm a fan of Capital and one of my favorites is their Autumn Fire. I have yet to try the Blonde Dopplebock but will definitely look for it the next time I go beer shopping.:mug:

I'll be brewing the AG Port O' Palmer (How To Brew pg. 223-224) on Friday and will report back on it in a few weeks once I've sampled it.

During your first couple of AG batches keep track of your mash temps after the strike water is added. In my case, after a few batches I noticed i was losing about 16.5 degrees so now I just heat my water 17 degrees higher than my mash temp and I end up real close to my target temp.

Great idea, SWMBO will love to try it out next time I brew.

I was thinking Hotammo may have entered the gravity of his wort after mash out into the wrong section of the Efficiency Details. For the given recipe Beersmith gives an estimated gravity into the boiler of 1.042. If his gravity going into the boiler was 1.039 as he stated, this would translate...