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Any harm in adding the bourbon to secondary with oak chips. Just thought I would soak chips in bourbon and add together instead of boiling chips and adding chips at secondary and bourbon at bottling.

I used 2 oz. I hope it wasn't too much.

My first all grain batch (oak butt brown ale) is in the primary and I would like to give it a slight chocolate flavor. Is cocoa powder a good alternative to add to secondary? If so, how much should I add to not overdo it? Also thinking a small amount of vanilla extract. Obviously I'm...

Once you crush it does it have a limited life?

How long will crushed wheat last before going bad? I've had mine for about 2 months.

16 oz priming sugar for 5 gal seems high. Shouldn't it be more like 3/4 cup?

With the high OG would you recommend two packages of dry yeast/viles of liquid yeast?

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I'll try that. Thanks. And should the slits in the manifold be facing down or up?

Just made a mash tun with copper manifold in a 48 Qt Coleman rectangular cooler. I ran a test batch of water through and because the drain is above the manifold there was little over a gallon of water left in the cooler. Is this a problem and if so any suggestions for a fix?

Yes I have a 1/2" ball valve. A 1/2 hose barb connects directly to ball valve. But I'm considering reducing to 3/8 hose barb for slower drain. Guess I could experiment and try it both ways

Should I use a 3/8" ID or 1/2" ID hose to drain converted cooler mash tun. Seems most sites suggest a 3/8 but if speed is important seems 1/2 would work faster.

Thanks. Yes, only 3/4 cup corn sugar. I'm also adding 4 oz of lactose. Would you just combine the corn sugar and lactose and boil in 1 cup water?

I'm looking at getting into All Grain brewing and curious if anyone has any good links or instructions on making a Mash Tun? Also, I've seen round and square coolers, any advantage in using one over the other? I've also seen using PVC pipe, and copper pipe. Again, any advantages of one over...

I'm getting ready to bottle my 2nd batch of beer and curious if I can just add the priming solution (2 cups of boiled corn sugar) directly to the secondary fermenter (5 gallon carboy), instead of transferring to a bottling bucket. I will bottle directly from my secondary using an autosiphon and...