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Great, well maybe I'll continue to rule my fantasy football league and take the $1700 pot at the end and I'll just buy a tower of power for the ease.

And as far as a controller goes for both of these devices. Is it required? Can I build something that'll work with the temperature control without having to buy blichmanns $500+ tower of power.

I'm thinking about getting the 15 gallon boil coil and the RIMS Rocket add on from blichmann. Here are the links to both on MoreBeer. http://morebeer.com/products/blichmann-boilcoil-15-gal-240.html http://morebeer.com/products/blichmann-rims-rocket-addon.html My only concern is the...

Thanks. Yeah it's really low, didn't want it to happen but at least it won't be under attenuated at bottling and start exploding. I don't mind a drier beer but I was just worried about the body which seems to be ok. I also had about 2 extra gallons of the same recipe with another yeast (bohemian...

So I put this beer in the secondary last night and started lagering. It did end up attenuating pretty low, down to 1.003-1.004. The hydrometer sample doesn't seem to be light bodied or anything like that so thats a good thing. Now I'll let it lager for about 4 weeks. Just a couple other...

Alright. Thanks again for all the help and wish me luck. I'm starting to see all of the Oktoberfest's come out and I'm getting excited for mine to be done.

What about if it drops a couple more points when I take it out? Like I said the fermentability test went down to 1.003. If it does go down lower should I then wait a day or so AFTER it reaches terminal. I would hope that it doesn't go down any lower. I could handle a drier Oktoberfest but I...

Thanks for all the valuable info guys. I think I'll go ahead and start lowering it slowly to lager temps here after one more day or so. Do you think that I should put it in the secondary before I do this and carry some of the yeast over with it? Not alot, just a little bit to do some clean up...

And just in case this comes up...I pitched a very healthy large starter of Wyeast Oktoberfest Lager Blend. Definitely no worries of underpitching.

I've been brewing for about 3 years but since purchasing my fermentation fridge a couple months ago I've just now gotten around to doing my first lager, an Oktoberfest. I brewed it on August 16th, about 11 days ago. Kept the temperature at 50-52* for the first couple days and then let it...

Thanks for the help guys. I'll just leave it in the pot for the rest of the warm season and then put it in a bed sometime next year. I could probably get away with something thats about 2'-3' high and 3' long. I'll put the crown in the bed along with some fresh rhizomes. Already can't wait for...

Heres a picture. Looks pretty pathetic. And as I was out there I checked out the potential of putting something on the ground level and I think it could actually work. Too bad I have to wait until the long winter is over before I get to try again. I'm thinking of sprouting it inside early under...

I intended to let it finish out this year in the pot. I am very limited as to growing here though. I live in an apartment in the chicago city area. I live on the second floor and have considered next year building something for it on the ground level and putting the twine up to the balcony. This...

So this year I tried out growing some hops. Now a few months after planting I've read a lot more about it and realized how much I did wrong. First, I planted only a single rhizome, Columbus. Heard its better to do at least 3-4 in one area. I also planted this single rhizome vertical instead...

So the gravity after the mash was looking a bit higher than i wanted so i topped the kettle off with some water to bring it down to around 1.060. Because of the extra water I think that I will be able to get 2 1 gallon batches out of it. I FWHed with 1oz Chinook and 1oz Citra. Then 1oz...