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• Posted in thread: If you could only brew with 5 hops for life... on 04-11-2012 at 01:24 PM
  1. Columbus (for bittering)2. Amarillo3. Centennial4. Citra5. SimcoeIf I had to choose a single
  hop it would be Cascade because it's good by itself. I prefer combinations of the list above. I
  almost l...

• Posted in thread: 5 or 10 gallon mash tun? on 12-08-2011 at 08:32 PM
  The build should be exactly the same. The bazooka screen should attach as easily as the SS
  braid.I started out with a SS braid. I clamped it on a short piece of vinyl tubing, which ran
  through a bung ...

• Posted in thread: 5 or 10 gallon mash tun? on 12-07-2011 at 06:16 PM
  Rectangular coolers do appear to be MUCH cheaper and then I can make my own manifold! How are
  coleman coolers or is there any brand or model that seems to perform better than another?I've
  tried severa...

• Posted in thread: 5 or 10 gallon mash tun? on 12-07-2011 at 03:22 PM
  Thanks for all the support and suggestions and I certainly didn't intend to start an argument
  between people.More a debate than an argument. I like reading about the benefits of things that
  I'm not us...

• Posted in thread: 5 or 10 gallon mash tun? on 12-06-2011 at 05:53 PM
  Now, if I had missed my temps and needed to add water, I would have been SOL..If my MT is
  nearly full and I miss my mashing temp it's no big deal. I remove some mash and add water to
  adjust the temp. ...

• Posted in thread: Fast Brew for Keg for New Years Party on 12-05-2011 at 08:14 PM
  That reminds me. I need to brew a RIS for New Years......2013.:mug:

• Posted in thread: 5 or 10 gallon mash tun? on 12-05-2011 at 07:49 PM
  People always say bigger is better. But I don't believe it's as cut and dried as that.+1 I use
  a 5 gallon round cooler. It handles up to 12 lbs of grain pretty easily, or up to 14 in a
  pinch. I also h...

• Posted in thread: cold weather BIAB on 11-13-2011 at 04:16 PM
  BIAB is great. But If someone has -- or is going to acquire -- a cooler for mashing, I say
  forget the bag, put a false bottom in the cooler and mash and batch sparge in that.

• Posted in thread: air lock went pop on 11-13-2011 at 03:08 PM
  ... ever since my wife was forced to deal with a near exploding ferm bucket while I was at
  work... When it comes to fermenters pops are better than BOOMs, in my experience.

• Posted in thread: OG way off!! on 11-13-2011 at 02:56 PM
  Mash pH? I've fallen victim to that.