Recent content by cupido76

Yes, that will work.

Mine have grown to the top of my temporary twine line indoors, so they go outside this weekend.

This is exactly the point, and why I think it's better than the steamer baskets.

Confirmed... mash efficiency was 77.5% and overall efficiency of 68.6% (according to my Beersmith numbers. I forgot to answer the other part of your question... I don't do any sort of sparging in my brew routine.

Nice idea.. No bag! I thought about trying something like that but didn't want to buy a false bottom for my test.

Exactly... But with the added benefit of forcing your recirc over your grain (which traditional BIAB doesn't do). A keg full of grains will be heavy... You might need to rig some sort of lift system.

Exactly right.

I'll check my notes when I'm at home, but I think it was almost 70 overall, something 77 mash efficiency. It's not noticeably different than my plain BIAB beers before this mod.

I'm honestly surprised this didn't get much interest, but I guess the DIY pages don't get as much traffic. I'm bumping this up to say that my contraption worked exactly as I hoped it would. I had a much clearer wort at the end, and more importantly, temperature readings of various parts of my...

My first hunch is that putting your starter from room temperature to the fridge, then pitching that back into wort at 66-70 would be a pretty big shock to your yeast.

Sweet... thanks again. It's planted in a pot, so I'll just cut it back when it grows to an un-managable height. At it's current growth rate, that should happen by the middle of next week! :eek:

Great... Thanks. How far down should I snip them? Do I want to leave some stalk and leaves?

I just had a couple of rhizomes shipped to Canada by a retailer... no issues.

I have a question related to this regarding when to transplant my plants outside? I ordered two rhizomes when they arrived in the mail, becuase that's what the instructions recommended. One looked like it had a lot of a mold-like substance on it and not surprisingly, hasn't sprouted. The...

You must be using propane? The bubble wrap doesn't' melt in an electric system, but if you want to use it with propane, you could try to fashion a heat deflector around the bottom of your pot so the excess heat from the burner is directed away from the wrap.