Recent content by BadKarma

Dang!!! Need to program these things to give up the ghost when your sales are on.

I use a 4 gallon for 2.5gal batches and 3 gal pot for 1.5 gal. And I don't boil unsupervised. I also have my old 5gal and 8gal, as backup.

Thanks yall. Message sent.

I'm a small scale brewer. I've brewed 5 gallon batches for years. But now, I've switched to 2.5 gallons and smaller. It seems to me that the full size bags are a bit of overkill. Does anyone know of a smaller bag that would be a bit more manageable for my operation? Thanks folks, I don't know...

Well, I bit the bullet and bought a Mill!! Thats one less worry.

Truth. Once the conversion is over, thats the end of the mash. And brewing Milds that can end rather quickly.

When I was brewing 5 gallon batches, my efficiency would run in the 70-75% range using a 3 vessel system. The reason this is so important to me is because I'm brewing Milds. Milds have a nasty habit of turning out kinda flat and 2 demential. 2 things are the front line of turning out a good...

Correct me if I'm wrong: smaller batches means smaller thermal mass, which would mean a little more difficulty maintaining temperature control? Testing for conversion is a big tool on mash completion, which is another reason why I'm leaning towards my old cooler tun. Ease of access. I'm almost...

Roger that DB. Will keep that in mind. Running small batch of Mild means small grain bills. :p:rock::rock::ghostly:

I'm gonna have to run some tests on my oven. It's 25 years old and I'm not sure how well it holds temps.

Thanks rat, I just realized that thread had 54 pages!!!!! Looks like I got some reading to do.

jt, has anyone done a tutorial on setting up a corona mill? I'm seriously looking at getting one in preparation of the next round of brew trials.

Thanks doug, that gives me something to chew on. James Spencer touched on that in an email he sent me today. I've been going over a couple of books to narrow this down, but I think they're a bit long in the tooth, but Charlie has touched on this a time or 2. I'm starting to think that using the...

I have 3 kettles, so a full boil is no problem. I have even thought about a 90 min boil. Maybe an option to try at a later time.

I had thought about that, and have decided to stay with 1.5-2 gallon batches. I have a couple coolers converted too mash tuns, 3 gallon and 5 gallon. Being an old Navy Machine Mate, I'm not worried about having equipment to clean. Doesn't bother me at all, if it accomplishes what I'm after...