Recent content by Brewcycle69

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Used this for the first time last weekend, worked great; as mentioned above, recirculation was great. I don't have to worry about the recirculation piece of the brew day any longer. I was using a regular false bottom but never got the recirculation flow I was looking for; I was getting about...

This is great. Thank You! Let us know when the 3.5" lifts are available. I haven't seen them on your website, unless you've sold out already.

The first time I tried BIAB I used 3 paint strainer bags in a keggle for a 10gal batch, that worked just fine, no problems. I dunk sparged in my fermenter bucket, that also worked just fine. Multiple bags are kind of a pain to deal with but will work until you get a better bag solution. I did...

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I've been using a 15gal for the last three years, mostly do 5 gal batches with the occasional 10 gal batch. 15 works well for both, as everyone else has said you just have to sparge with 3 or 4 gallons water when you do a 10 gallon batch. Would also agree you should have no problem getting...

Couple of things to consider; recirculating is also good for stabilizing the mash temp evenly at the beginning of the mash, depending on your manifold if you recirculate with your pump set wide open its easy to get a stuck mash. I do BIAB now so its no longer an issue for me, but when I was...

Couple of things, There is a really good brewing water primer in the Brew Science section, great place to start. The words "brewing water" also means "mash water"; the PH you referenced is for the mash water with the grains. You may want to check out a spreadsheet like Bru'n Water which...

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I've been using these on my boil keg and pump for a couple of years. Being plastic you have to be a little more careful with them than stainless. I found them by accident surfing the web and bought them directly from Kent Systems. I don't have any plans to change them out; they're working for me.

What is the pre-boil volume you're collecting from the mash?

Very cool.

Here is a place to start... http://www.howtobrew.com/appendices/appendixD-1.html