Recent content by BrianB

@A1sportsdad - here's a picture of my labels on the bottle. This is after I drank the beer and rinsed the bottles out. Had water all over the outside of the bottles and labels and they didn't run. Here's a link to the labels on Amazon -...

@A1sprtsdad - I bought some beer bottle labels off Amazon. They were peel off and stick on. They came with a template which I scanned into my computer and then used in PowerPoint as a background. I scanned the label off my recipe kit for the main label and just used PowerPoint to create a...

Apologies, I missed that. And thanks.

@Bobby_M - my boil kettle is 8 gal. I've been looking at BIAB as well. My only concern, as I mentioned in another reply is that I had trouble keeping my mash temp consistent using the boil kettle and my propane burner. I was thinking the cooler option might give me better temp stability.

@day_tripper - curious why the gasket? Did you buy it that way or add it yourself?

@LizardIsland - yes, it's round. I'm looking at a MoreBeer Stainless Steel False Bottom Kit ($40.00), Horiznet npt 1/2" Homebrew Ball Valve (Amazon $16.00) and a Mash Tun Adaptor (Amazon $10.00) to convert it to a Mash Tun.

@OakIslandBrewery - absolutely not. I am a newbie, just recently brewed my first homebrew after my son bought me a started kit for Father's Day. It turned out really well - a Hazy IPA with Mango and Vanilla extract. Everyone in the family liked it. I'd like to try it again with an all-grain kit...

@Lizard Island - thanks much. This is very helpful. I didn't know there was a Mash Calulator - that's great! I'm interested in trying all-grain. I've been watching videos and have seen a lot of home brewers using coolers for mashing and sparging and since I got this cooler for free, I wanted to...

@Bobby_M - I recently acquired a 6.5 gal cooler from a family member who no longer wanted it. Wasn't sure if a 5 gal all grain bill would be OK in that size cooler of if it would be too small.

@Yesfan - very interesting idea.

@Island Lizard - thanks much for the reply. Looks fairly straight forward.

@IslandLizard - Nice! I assume you handmade the manifold? If so, how did you make the cuts / slots in the PVC pipe?

VikeMan - thanks much. I didn't know that the calculators / spreadsheets would do that for you. Great recommendation.

I'm interested in doing an All-Grain brew and was wondering what size cooler I would need for a Mash Tun if I'm going to do a 5 gal batch?

Anyone think this would work well?